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Aug. 27,2020
Council Memorandum
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From: Neil Gallucci, Chief of Polic '
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Memo ID# 2020179
Re: CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICE~ ASSOCIATION'S ADVANCE VIRTUAL TRAINING
FOR POJ_ICE OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS
This memo is intended to provide the status of the innovative and state-leading efforts the
Carlsbad Police Department has been engaged in with respect to the progressive training of its
officers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The California Peace Officers Association (CPOA) is a 26,000-member professional organization
that strives to provide progressive leadership training for peace officers. Yearly, they provide
training on current topics that peace officers are facing. Due to COVID-19, the CPOA developed
a virtual training that will allow attendees to receive comprehensive and in-depth training on a
variety of topics virtually.
For years, the CPOA has provided a training conference (ADVANCE) that provided participants a
menu style ability to attend classes and trainings. As with many areas in our lives, the CPOA
developed a virtual platform that will allow officers to attend all eighteen different training
classes over an approximately two-month period. Officers and Dispatchers are required to
complete 24 Continued Professional Training credits every two years. This will allow a
participant to accrue up to 38 Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) credits toward
Continued Professional Training, which was not historically feasible. Some examples of classes
offered at this training are "Re-Imagining Public Safety" and "Reconciliations: Joining
communities and law enforcement to foster mutual trust."
Additionally, understanding the need to be fiscally responsible during these unprecedented
times and knowing that continued training for our members of the police department is crucial,
this new virtual training provides an opportunity to register as a department for this training for
$1,400 for all sworn police officers as well as all dispatchers. If the officers and dispatchers were
to individually register for this virtual training, it would have cost $131,400.
As Carlsbad PD moves forward, training our personnel will continue to be a priority to ensure
we are delivering the best service possible to the community we serve.
CC: Celia Brewer, City Attorney
Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager
Police Department
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