For City Council Meeting [July, 9, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to Approve a Purchase Order to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in the Amount of $66,120 for Trimester Training and Emergency Vehicle Operations Course Training, in Order to Remain State Compliant for FY2019/2020 and to Approve a Three-Year Agreement Ending June 30, 2022.
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BACKGROUND:
Training requirements of California law enforcement peace officers are regulated by the State's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Officers are required to complete a minimum of 14 hours of specified training bi-annually. Peace officers in the State of California are currently in the 2019/2020 bi-annual cycle. The 2019/2020 bi-annual cycle began on January 1, 2019 and concludes on December 31, 2020. Historically, the Rialto Police Department held in-house training through the Department's Personnel & Training Division to remain compliant with these standards.
The 14-hour mandated POST training is comprised of 4 hours of Arrest and Control, 2 hours of Tactical and Interpersonal Communications, 4 hours of Tactical Firearms and 4 hours of Driver Training and Awareness. Due to personnel attrition, support positions such as Investigations, Traffic, Narcotics, SCAT, various Regional Team assignments and Personnel & Training have been significantly reduced. Sworn personnel from these assignments have been assigned to fill basic patrol functions in order to serve the community's most critical needs and have been unable to attend POST required training.
From January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018, the Department experienced a total of 67 vehicle collisions, in which 56% of the collisions involved police personnel who were at fault. The Department currently does not have its own Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) for in-house driver train...
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