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POST reestablishes public safety dispatch advisory council and proposes standardized modular dispatch basic course
Summary
POST announced a reconstituted 23-member Public Safety Dispatch Advisory Council to advise on statewide dispatch priorities, training and wellness, and proposed an optional standardized modular format (two 80-hour modules) for the public safety dispatchers basic course with regulation updates and an April 1, 2027 effective date requested.
POST staff reported that the Public Safety Dispatch Advisory Council has been reestablished as a 23-member body to provide quarterly, statewide input on dispatch priorities, modernized training, and workforce wellness.
"The public safety dispatch advisory council now functions as a 23 member advisory body that brings together public safety dispatch stakeholders statewide," said Jamila Fields, supervisor and project manager for in-service dispatch courses. Fields and Michelle Dobner (project manager for the public safety dispatchers basic course) described council membership, regional delegates and areas of focus.
Dobner presented a separate proposal to standardize optional modular delivery of the public safety dispatchers basic course into two 80-hour modules. The proposal preserves all existing learning objectives and total course hours but establishes a consistent module structure, updates training specifications, clarifies reimbursement provisions and aligns document structures with peace-officer basic courses. POST released Post Bulletin 2026-12 to solicit comment and received no public comments during the open period through May 18, 2026.
Dobner said the modular option is intended to provide flexibility for presenters and students and requested an effective date of April 1, 2027 to allow presenters time to transition. Committee members asked about module timing and the 12-month completion requirement for appointed dispatchers; staff clarified that presenters may offer modules back-to-back or with gaps but trainees must complete both modules within 12 months of appointment.
What happens next: POST will pursue regulation updates (1015, 1018 and Commission procedure D15) and intends to proceed with the rulemaking and implementation timeline to support a phased transition beginning in 2027.
