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POST advisers weigh allowing transfer of peace‑officer background investigations between agencies
Summary
Staff reported a request to let hiring agencies reuse recently completed background investigations in lieu of a full new background check. Committee members supported limited portability but stressed narrow timeframes, mandatory updates and safeguards before any regulatory change.
POST advisers reviewed a request to permit hiring agencies to use another agency’s recently completed peace‑officer background investigation, a change staff said would require amending Commission Regulation 1953.
The matter was presented by Melanie Singley, staff services manager for strategic communication and research, who told the committee the request came from Tracy Avelar, chief of the Foster City Police Department and president of the California Police Chiefs Association. Singley said current Regulation 1953 permits limited exceptions — most commonly for officers returning to the same agency or interim chiefs — but does not allow a prospective employer to accept another agency’s complete…
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