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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Please see below from POST.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#2F5496">Brooke Amash<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Training Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">San Diego County Probation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">10111 Carroll Canyon Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">San Diego, CA 92131<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">(858) 267-5919<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Brooke.Amash@sdcounty.ca.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Brooke.Amash@sdcounty.ca.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Mailstop: P-83<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:  This communication with its contents may<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Wilson, Valna@POST [mailto:Valna.Wilson@post.ca.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amash, Brooke <Brooke.Amash@sdcounty.ca.gov>; Carolyn "Cici" Amador <cclausen@gwc.cccd.edu>; Justin Burk <jburk@icso.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> SB 29 MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR FTOs and IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN FTP<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:navy">To All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:navy">I would appreciate your assistance with immediately pushing out this Email to your training managers and administrators the following message:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:red">To Region 10 Agencies,</span><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:red">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.  </span><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:red">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.  
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<p><span style="color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:red">Here is some of the information POST placed on the web site and created home page:</span><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="color:#D05C12">Crisis Intervention Behavioral Health Training</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h3><span style="color:#D05C12">Senate Bill 29</span><span style="color:red"><br>
</span><span style="color:#D05C12">Impact on Law Enforcement</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">  </span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">On October 3, 2015, Governor Brown, signed into law
</span><span style="color:red"><a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB29" target="_blank" id="LPlnk686523"><span style="color:#D05C12">Senate Bill 29</span></a></span><span style="color:#D05C12">. 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.
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<p><strong><span style="color:#D05C12">Field Training Officers shall have 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training </span></strong><span style="color:#D05C12">
</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">PC 13515.28(a) (1)  </span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">Field Training Officers (FTO) will complete 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training (CIT) as follows;
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<span style="color:#D05C12">FTOs assigned or appointed on or before January 1, 2017 shall complete the training by June 30, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:#D05C12">FTOs assigned or appointed after January 1, 2017 shall complete the training within 180 days of assignment or appointment</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">FTOs are exempted if they have attended;  </span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="color:#D05C12">a 40 hour CIT course or </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="color:#D05C12">an 8 hour or more CIT course since October 3, 2013, that meets the criteria enumerated in PC13515.28(a)(1)  </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">To assist agencies with PC 13515.28(a)(1), POST is offering the following resources and services;
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<span style="color:#D05C12">An </span><a href="https://post.ca.gov/Portals/0/post_docs/resources/CIT/SB29_FTO_8HR_Course_ECO.pdf" target="_blank" id="LPlnk24396"><span style="color:#D05C12">expanded course outline (ECO)</span></a><span style="color:#D05C12"> (pdf)
 and </span><a href="https://post.ca.gov/Portals/0/post_docs/resources/CIT/SB29_FTO_8HR_Course_Hourly_Distribution.pdf" target="_blank" id="LPlnk756972"><span style="color:#D05C12">hourly distribution</span></a><span style="color:#D05C12"> (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.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:#D05C12">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.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="color:#D05C12">Field Training Officers shall have 4 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training as part of the Field Training Officer Course</span></strong><span style="color:#D05C12">
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<p><span style="color:#D05C12">PC 13515.29(a)  </span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">FTOs are required to have 4 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training (<strong>in addition to</strong> the mandated
<strong>8 hours</strong> 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.
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<p><strong><span style="color:#D05C12">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.</span></strong><span style="color:#D05C12">
</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">PC 13515.295  </span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#D05C12">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.
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<p><span style="color:#D05C12">Competency 12.7.09 (Address Issues Related to Stigma);
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<span style="color:#D05C12">Must be added to all existing </span><a href="http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/FTP/FTPVol2/Sections1-18/12.7.09.docx" id="LPlnk741586"><span style="color:#D05C12">Field Training Programs</span></a><span style="color:#D05C12"> (docx)
 or </span><a href="http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/PTP-Vol2.pdf" target="_blank" id="LPlnk861492"><span style="color:#D05C12">Police Training Programs</span></a><span style="color:#D05C12"> (pdf), as an addendum, to include an
</span><a href="http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/FTP/FTPVol2/FTP_PTP_SB29Mandates.doc" id="LPlnk697925"><span style="color:#D05C12">attestation</span></a><span style="color:#D05C12"> (doc)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="color:#D05C12">Incorporated into any new program submitted to POST for approval.
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">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
<a href="mailto:Jim.Grottkau@post.ca.gov">Jim.Grottkau@post.ca.gov</a> 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. 
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<p><span style="color:red">Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter!</span><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Angsana New",serif;color:navy">Regards,</span></em><span style="color:navy">
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<p><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Angsana New",serif;color:navy">Valna  (Val) Y. Wilson</span></em><span style="color:navy">
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