Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
POST presents certification and misconduct statistics as public complaints rise; advisory committee urges deeper review
Summary
POST staff gave updated certification and professional‑conduct statistics showing a rise in public complaints, a large backlog of cases and changes in temporary suspensions and voluntary surrenders; the advisory committee urged scrutiny of reporting gaps at small agencies.
POST staff presented a certification update and the Professional Conduct Bureau statistics for 2024 and early 2025, telling commissioners that public complaints and caseloads have increased substantially and that the agency is changing intake and audit processes to triage workload.
Key figures presented by certification bureau chief Michelle Weiler and Professional Conduct bureau staff: - POST staff reported roughly 82,102 current full‑time peace officers used in their tabulations and granular year‑by‑year outputs for 2023–2024. - 2024 numbers included 67 temporary suspensions and 37 removals of temporary suspensions; voluntary surrenders…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
