California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 2 - Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training › Article 3 - Regulatory Procedures › Section 1059 - Requirements for Basic Course Certification

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Instructor-Led
				Basic Course Training
Each request for certification of a basic course [i.e., Regular
				  Basic Course (standard and modular formats), Specialized Investigators' Basic
				  Course, PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course, and the Requalification Course] submitted
				  to POST shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) Basic courses certified under this Regulation
				section are not authorized for Web-based Training (Refer to Commission Regulation
				1001). Temporary exemptions may be granted by the Executive Director during a period
				when the Governor of California declares a State of Emergency;
(2) Development of the course was approved by the
				Basic Training Bureau based on an established ongoing, unmet training
				need;
(3) A completed Basic Course
				Certification Attestation, POST 2-351 (4/2021) and, when necessary, an expanded
				course outline minimally to the third level of detail to sufficiently explain any
				course content to be presented beyond that required in the Training and Testing
				Specifications for Peace Officer Basic Courses, to include:
(A) Hours of Instruction
(B) Learning activities (e.g., table-top
				exercises, role playing, scenarios) or other means of assessing student learning
				(e.g., cognitive or manipulative skills test)
1.
				Provide brief description of any learning activity (as defined in Commission
				Regulation 1001) that may be used during each course presentation.
2. Training presenters shall have the flexibility
				to select any of the learning activities they described during a course
				presentation, provided the course content is delivered as certified.
(4) Qualifications of
				Instructors, Directors, Coordinators, Recruit Training Officers, Scenario Managers,
				Scenario Evaluators, and/or Test Proctors/Evaluators (refer to Commission
				Regulations 1070 and 1071 for minimum training standards and Commission Procedures
				D-1-1 to D-1-7 for test proctor/evaluator training requirements)
(5) Target audience and number of
				trainees
(6) Physical Facilities
				Appropriate for the Training
(7) Methods
				of Course Presentation
(8) Methods of
				assessing student learning (e.g., learning activities demonstrations, testing, teach
				backs)
(9) Availability of staff to
				administer and properly oversee the course
(10) Process for student evaluation of the
				course
(11) Projected course cost and
				tuition per student
(12)
				Instructor/trainee ratios
(13)
				Provisions for student safety, if applicable (refer to
POST Guidelines for
				Student Safety for Certified Courses 2024
)
(A) Each training presenter of POST-certified
				basic courses involving manipulative skills training shall implement a formal
				written safety policy. Training presenters shall at all times develop and implement
				safety policies for courses when applicable or when student safety is involved.
				Training presenters shall refer to the
POST Guidelines for Student Safety in
				Certified Courses 2024
, herein incorporated by reference, for clarification
				and requirements. The POST Basic Training Bureau shall review and approve safety
				policies.