California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 2 - Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training › Article 1 - General › Section 1004 - Field Training Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				Program Requirements.
Any department which employs peace officers and/or Level I Reserve
				  peace officers shall have a POST-approved Field Training Program. Requests for
				  approval of a department's Field Training Program shall be submitted on a
POST-Approved Field Training Program (FTP) or Police Training Program (PTP)
				  Application,
POST 2-229 (12/2012), herein incorporated by reference, signed
				  by the department head attesting to the adherence of the following program
				  requirements:
(1) The Field Training
				Program shall be delivered over a minimum of 10 weeks and based upon the structured
				learning content as specified in Commission Procedure D-13.
(2) A trainee shall have successfully completed
				the Regular Basic Course before participating in the Field Training
				Program.
(3) The Field Training Program
				shall have a Field Training Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator (SAC) who:
(A) Has been awarded or is eligible for the award
				of a POST Supervisory Certificate
or
(B) Has been appointed by the department head (or
				his/her designee).
(C) Meets the
				training requirement specified in subsection
				1004(c).
(4) The Field Training Program shall have Field
				Training Officers (FTOs) who:
(A) Have been
				awarded a POST Basic Certificate (not Specialized);
(B) Have a minimum of one year general law
				enforcement uniformed patrol experience;
(C) Have been selected based upon a
				department-specific selection process; and
(D) Meets the training requirements specified in
				subsection 1004(d).
(5) Trainees shall be supervised depending upon
				their assignment.
(A) A trainee assigned to
				general law enforcement uniformed patrol duties shall be under the direct and
				immediate supervision (physical presence) of a qualified Field Training Officer (as
				described in subsection
				1004(a)(C)(4)).
(B) A trainee temporarily assigned to
				non-enforcement, specialized function(s) for the purpose of specialized training or
				orientation (i.e., complaint/dispatcher, records, jail, investigations) is not
				required to be in the immediate presence of a qualified Field Training Officer while
				performing the specialized function(s).
(6) Trainee performance shall be:
(A) Documented daily through journaling, daily
				training notes, or Daily Observation Reports (DORs) and shall be reviewed with the
				trainee by the Field Training Officer; and,
(B) Monitored by a Field Training Program SAC, or
				designee, by review and signing of the DORs
or,
by completing
				and/or signing weekly written summaries of performance (e.g., Supervisor's Weekly
				Report, Coaching and Training Reports) that are reviewed with the
				trainee.
(7) Each Field
				Training Officer shall be evaluated by the trainee and a Field Training
				Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator (SAC) as follows:
(A) The trainee shall complete an evaluation of
				each assigned Field Training Officer at the end of the Field Training
				Program.
(B) The Field Training
				Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator (SAC) shall provide, at least annually, a
				detailed evaluation to each Field Training Officer on his/her performance as a Field
				Training Officer.
(8) Trainees
				shall complete an evaluation of the Field Training Program at the end of the
				program.
(9) The Field Training
				Officer's attestation of each trainee's competence and successful completion of the
				Field Training Program and a statement that releases the trainee from the program,
				along with the signed concurrence of the department head, or his/her designee, shall
				be retained in department records. Retention length shall be based upon department
				record policies.
An approved Field Training Program remains in force
until
				  modified
, at which time a new approval is
				  required.