Item 8-D

City Council Meeting 9-14-99 Santa Monica, California

TO: Mayor and City Council

FROM: City Staff

SUBJECT: An Ordinance to Allow Public Safety Dispatchers to Participate in the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Program

At its meeting on September 7, 1999, the City Council introduced for first reading an ordinance authorizing Public Safety Dispatchers in the Police Department to participate in the training provided under the auspices of the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission. The ordinance is now presented to the Council for adoption.

Staff recommends that the accompanying ordinance be adopted.

PREPARED BY:
Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney
Claudia Thompson, Legal Administrative Staff Assistant

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City Council Meeting 9-14-99 Santa Monica, California

ORDINANCE NUMBER ____

(City Council Series)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF SANTA MONICA TO ALLOW PUBLIC

SAFETY DISPATCHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE

PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission adopts rules for the purpose of raising the level of competency and establishing minimum standards relating to recruiting and training law enforcement staff, including Public Safety Dispatchers, and offers training programs as well; and

WHEREAS, the State of California requires all cities which wish to send members of their law enforcement staff to the POST training to adopt an ordinance accepting the requirements of California Penal Code Sections 13501(c) and 13512; and

WHEREAS, POST will reimburse the City for a portion of its costs for training Public Safety Dispatchers; and

WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica desires to send its Public Safety Dispatchers to receive POST training,

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The City Council hereby accepts the requirements imposed by California Penal Code Section 13510(c), namely, that the City will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

SECTION 3. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days from its adoption.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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MARSHA JONES MOUTRIE