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POST advisers debate 12‑month limit, quality checks for portable peace‑officer background files
Summary
Advisers to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training discussed a draft rule that would let agencies accept background investigations completed within 12 months by another agency, but members warned the change could allow repeated transfers of an original file and urged safeguards.
Advisers to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training discussed a draft policy on June 3 that would allow law enforcement agencies to accept and transfer completed peace‑officer background investigation files between agencies if the investigation was completed within the prior 12 months.
The committee heard that the California Police Chiefs Association recommended limiting transfers to background investigations completed within 12 months and requiring an update from the receiving agency; POST staff recommended using the date on the verification of qualification form (POST 2-355) to measure the 12‑month window. Kelly Saroski, staff services manager, described the April 28 meeting with the Chiefs Association that produced the parameters. “Background investigation transferability will only apply to peace officer applicants having a background completed within the last 12 months,” Saroski said.
Why it matters: agencies said the rule is intended to reduce…
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