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POST debates several regulatory changes including background-transfer rule and reserve-FTO carve-out
Summary
Commissioners split over proposed changes to background-investigation transfer rules and a narrow FTO exemption for level‑1 reserve deputies serving private universities; transferability lacked a second and was not adopted, while education-related conforming edits advanced.
Commission staff proposed several regulatory changes during the meeting that prompted extended debate. Key items included a proposed revision to Regulation 19.53 to allow transfer of a complete background investigation (conducted within the past 12 months) from one agency to another one time with agreement of both agencies; and a narrow proposed exemption in Regulation 10.04 to permit certain level‑1 reserve deputies assigned full‑time to private-university public-safety departments (for example, Stanford DPS and University of the Pacific) to attend Field Training Officer (FTO) school and serve as FTOs when approved by the sponsoring…
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