2021 Legislative Year: Officer Qualifications, Records Release and More
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. Legislators feeling frustrated by a 2020 year impacted by the pandemic have reintroduced some of their failed measures from last year. They join newly […]
Use of Force Policy and Investigation Reforms Are Coming in 2021
By Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director. Just as you’ve been updating your agency policies to adhere to the use of deadly force reforms under 2019’s AB 392 and SB 230, new […]
The True Story We Told on Police Reform Defeats: “We Warned You”
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. When the Legislature adjourned for the 2020 session on August 31st, several news outlets and editorial boards across the state lamented the failure of […]
Can You Use CN Tear Gas? Can ‘Media’ Access Your Command Post?
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. The Legislature is attempting to answer these questions and more with a series of legislation that while well intended, would cause more harm than […]
Legislature Makes Last-Minute Changes to Carotid, UOF and More
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. Just prior to breaking for their summer recess, legislators in Sacramento hustled to amend dozens of pieces of legislation regarding crowd control and riot […]
Headlines Force U.S. and California to Tackle Carotid Restraint and More
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. Although the terrible and unnecessary murder of George Floyd was committed without either the use of a carotid hold nor restraint, Governor Newsom was […]
Legislature Focuses on Budget, COVID and 19-24year old Minors
By: Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director While COVID-19 has derailed much of the legislative activity in the deserted Capitol, the Legislature was forced to switch its focus to a newly created […]
2020 (and some 2021) Laws Brought to You Online!
CPOA’s “Capitol to Communities: Legislative Impact” course is available online here. We partner with CHP and DOJ on bringing you the latest legislation and case law. The online course allows […]
2020 Legislature: They’re Back at It!
By: Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director, CPOA. After an exhausting last few years putting up every defensive move in the playbook against a barrage of legislation propelled by anti-law enforcement rhetoric, […]
AB 392 Set for Hearing with Amendments
By Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director. The controversial use of force legislation carried by Assembly members Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) has been set for a special-order hearing […]
