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Advisory committee hears confusion over AB 89 education requirements and timeline for implementation
Summary
POST staff briefed the advisory committee on AB 89: community colleges produced a 'modern policing degree' report in October 2023 and POST must adopt recommendations within two years; members raised concerns about the statute's wording ("and" vs. "or"), transferability of academy credits, veterans' credit and recruitment impacts.
POST legislative liaison Megan Paulus briefed the advisory committee on AB 89 and sought committee input on how POST should approach implementing the statute’s education recommendations.
Paulus explained AB 89 (2021) directed California Community Colleges to develop a report on peace officer education recommendations and required POST to adopt those recommendations within two years of the report’s submission. The community college report was submitted in October 2023, which starts the clock for POST to consider adoption by fall 2025. Committee members repeatedly cited uncertainty about whether the statute intended a candidate to hold the new "modern policing degree" and/or a separate bachelor’s degree; the…
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