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POST to study whether agencies can reuse prior background investigations for new hires
2067739 · January 6, 2025
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Summary
Commissioners asked staff to return in March 2025 with options after testimony from chiefs and commissioners about small-agency costs and legal constraints.
Commissioners directed POST staff to prepare a study, in consultation with chief executives’ organizations, on whether a hiring agency may accept and update a previously completed peace-officer background investigation in lieu of conducting a new full investigation.
Melanie Singley of POST’s Office of Strategic Communication and Research presented the item and explained that regulation 1953 allows only narrow…
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