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POST details tribal police pilot under AB 134; DOJ to select up to three tribes
Summary
POST staff briefed commissioners on Assembly Bill 134, a three-year tribal police pilot that will allow selected tribal officers to obtain California peace-officer status subject to certification, background, training and transparency requirements; applications due Jan. 9, 2026.
Legal Affairs Bureau attorney summarized Assembly Bill 134 — a pilot program signed into law that allows up to three federally recognized tribes to participate in a limited tribal police pilot that provides some tribal officers with California peace-officer status within their tribal jurisdictions and limited powers outside those jurisdictions. The law took effect this summer and the pilot period would operate July 2026–July 2029.
Attorney Bridal Henley explained the statutory conditions: participating tribes…
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