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ACLU presses POST for stronger K‑9 rules as POST reviews guidelines and lawmakers consider AB 400
Summary
An ACLU representative told POST the commission’s K‑9 guidelines are insufficient and urged changes; staff said updated guidelines were published last year and POST will research mandatory minimum training standards as Assembly Bill 400 advances in the Legislature.
An American Civil Liberties Union representative told the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that the agency’s K‑9 guidelines repeat failed policies and fail to limit “find‑and‑bite” tactics, while POST staff said they will study minimum required training standards and that Assembly Bill 400, which would standardize K‑9 certification and reporting, has advanced to the state senate.
George Prampathu, speaking for ACLU California Action during the meeting’s public‑comment period, urged the commission to revise K‑9 guidance after he said the Legislature rejected a bill that failed to reform police‑dog use. “These guidelines repeat word for word what the Legislature just rejected,” Prampathu said in public comment, citing Bakersfield Police Department data showing a high share of deployments used against…
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