SDTMA FW: SB 29 MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR FTOs and IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN FTP

Tue Jun 26 16:42:10 CDT 2018

Please see below from POST.

Brooke Amash
Training Coordinator
San Diego County Probation
10111 Carroll Canyon Rd.
San Diego, CA 92131
(858) 267-5919
Brooke.Amash at sdcounty.ca.gov<mailto:Brooke.Amash at sdcounty.ca.gov>
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From: Wilson, Valna at POST [mailto:Valna.Wilson at post.ca.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:42 AM
To: Amash, Brooke <Brooke.Amash at sdcounty.ca.gov>; Carolyn "Cici" Amador <cclausen at gwc.cccd.edu>; Justin Burk <jburk at icso.org>
Subject: SB 29 MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR FTOs and IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN FTP
Importance: High

To All:

I would appreciate your assistance with immediately pushing out this Email to your training managers and administrators the following message:

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To Region 10 Agencies,

First, I want to thank those many agencies who have updated their field training program (FTP) manuals to incorporate mandated legislative training on Mental Health Crisis Intervention Behavioral Health Training and specific to Addressing Issues Related to Stigma pursuant to SB 29.

I have been notified that a number of Region 10 agencies have not noticed Commission on POST that your FTP has been updated to meet the SB 29 Mental Health/CIT/Behavioral Health Training       enacted by the California State legislature and signed by the Governor in October 2015. This required training must be incorporated into your FTP and a completed POST 'Attestation To Comply With SB 29 (2015) Mandates' form (located on the POST web site, 'FORMS', 'Training') submitted to POST.  POST made this task easier by just requiring the attestation form and not having agencies send the entire manual for review.

Here is some of the information POST placed on the web site and created home page:

Crisis Intervention Behavioral Health Training
Senate Bill 29
Impact on Law Enforcement

On October 3, 2015, Governor Brown, signed into law Senate Bill 29<http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB29>. In brief, the resulting laws mandate mental health training for Field Training Officers (FTO) and an increase in hours in Learning Domain 37 of the Regular Basic Course. This information is intended to facilitate an understanding of the new laws and how they will be implemented. Please refer to the California Penal Code (PC) for a full description of each law.

Field Training Officers shall have 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training

PC 13515.28(a) (1)

Field Training Officers (FTO) will complete 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training (CIT) as follows;

  *   FTOs assigned or appointed on or before January 1, 2017 shall complete the training by June 30, 2017
  *   FTOs assigned or appointed after January 1, 2017 shall complete the training within 180 days of assignment or appointment

FTOs are exempted if they have attended;

  *   a 40 hour CIT course or
  *   an 8 hour or more CIT course since October 3, 2013, that meets the criteria enumerated in PC13515.28(a)(1)

To assist agencies with PC 13515.28(a)(1), POST is offering the following resources and services;

  *   An expanded course outline (ECO)<https://post.ca.gov/Portals/0/post_docs/resources/CIT/SB29_FTO_8HR_Course_ECO.pdf> (pdf) and hourly distribution<https://post.ca.gov/Portals/0/post_docs/resources/CIT/SB29_FTO_8HR_Course_Hourly_Distribution.pdf> (pdf) for a Mental Health Course that satisfies the 8 hour training requirement for FTOs. Agencies or training centers may utilize the ECO to deliver a course by certifying it through their Regional Consultant.
  *   Mental health training course providers may request their course outline be reviewed by POST to ensure it meets the required criteria of PC 13515.28(a)(1). Please initiate this review through the appropriate POST Regional Consultant.  If the course does not meet the criteria of SB 29, providers will be advised what to include in the course to satisfy the requirements.

Field Training Officers shall have 4 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training as part of the Field Training Officer Course

PC 13515.29(a)

FTOs are required to have 4 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training (in addition to the mandated 8 hours of training required by PC 13515(a)(1)) as part of the Field Training Officer Course. POST has utilized subject matter experts to incorporate the 4 hours of CIT training into the FTO course. The FTO course will remain at 40 hours.

Law Enforcement Agencies shall provide additional training in the Field Training Programs (FTP) or Police Training Programs (PTP) to better prepare law enforcement officers to effectively address incidents involving persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.

PC 13515.295

In response to PC 13515.295, POST has reviewed existing programs and developed an additional competency 12.7.09 (Address Issues Related to Stigma) that must be added to all Field Training Programs and Police Training Program.

Competency 12.7.09 (Address Issues Related to Stigma);

  *   Must be added to all existing Field Training Programs<http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/FTP/FTPVol2/Sections1-18/12.7.09.docx> (docx) or Police Training Programs<http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/PTP-Vol2.pdf> (pdf), as an addendum, to include an attestation<http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/FTP/FTPVol2/FTP_PTP_SB29Mandates.doc> (doc)
  *   Incorporated into any new program submitted to POST for approval.
I have been directed to ask agencies, still in need of completing this requirement, to do so within two (2) weeks so no further follow-up with agency management or command staff is warranted.  If you or someone from your agency needs direction or assistance with this, please contact POST Consultant Jim Grottkau, Basic Training Bureau at Jim.Grottkau at post.ca.gov<mailto:Jim.Grottkau at post.ca.gov> or 916-227-3935.  Just a reminder, any other changes to your agency's FTP needs to be sent to POST for review and approval.

Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter!

Regards,

Val

Valna  (Val) Y. Wilson

Senior Law Enforcement Consultant II, Region X (counties of Imperial, Orange and San Diego), and

State of California Commission on POST Tribal Police Liaison

Training Delivery & Compliance Bureau

California Department of Justice Commission on POST

860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100

West Sacramento, CA 95605-1630

916.227.4872/Office

916.214.7616/Cellular

916.227.4823/Fax

valna.wilson at post.ca.gov<mailto:valna.wilson at post.ca.gov>

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