Bill Text: CA AB1598 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Emergency response services: active shooter incidents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 668, Statutes of 2014. [AB1598 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1598-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1598 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 668
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 12, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 4, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Rodriguez
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
An act to amend Section 8588.10 of the Government Code, to amend
Section 1797.116 of, and to add Section 1797.134 to, the Health and
Safety Code, and to amend Sections 13514.1 and 13519.12 of the Penal
Code, relating to emergency response services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1598, Rodriguez. Emergency response services: active shooter
incidents.
(1) Existing law requires the Director of Emergency Services to
establish a Curriculum Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) to,
among other things, provide advice on the development of terrorism
awareness course curricula and response training. Existing law
establishes in the Department of Justice the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training, which is required to, among other
things, adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to
physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of
peace officers and requires the commission to carry out various
duties related to the education and training of peace officers.
This bill would require CDAC to consult with the commission.
(2) Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), which is responsible for
the coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning
emergency medical services. Under existing law, EMSA is required to
establish training standards that include the criteria for the
curriculum content recommended by CDAC, involving the
responsibilities of first responders to terrorism incidents and to
address the training needs of those identified as first responders.
This bill would additionally require that those training standards
include criteria for coordinating between different responding
entities.
(3) Existing law establishes the Interdepartmental Committee on
Emergency Medical Services (ICEMS), which is required to advise EMSA
on the coordination and integration of all state activities
concerning emergency medical services. Existing law authorizes the
Director of EMSA to appoint select resource committees of experts and
to contract with special medical consultants for assistance in the
implementation of the act described above.
This bill would require ICEMS or another committee designated by
the Director of EMSA to consult with the commission regarding
emergency medical services integration and coordination with peace
officer training.
(4) Existing law requires the commission to develop and
disseminate guidelines and standardized training recommendations for
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, as specified, that would be
available for use by law enforcement agencies that conduct SWAT
operations. Under existing law, those guidelines are required, at a
minimum, to address legal and practical issues of SWAT operations,
personnel selection, fitness requirements, planning, hostage
negotiation, tactical issues, safety, rescue methods, after-action
evaluation of operations, logistical and resource needs, uniform and
firearms requirements, risk assessment, policy considerations, and
multijurisdictional SWAT operations. Existing law also directs the
commission to establish training standards and develop a course of
instruction involving the responsibilities of first responders to
terrorism incidents, as specified.
This bill would authorize the above-described guidelines and
training standards for SWAT teams to also address tactical casualty
care. The bill would authorize the above-described training standards
and course of instruction involving the responsibilities of first
responders to terrorism incidents to also, if appropriate, include
coordination with emergency medical services providers that respond
to an incident, tactical casualty care, and other standards of
emergency care as established by the Commission on Emergency Medical
Services.
The bill would include legislative findings and declarations, and
would make a related statement of legislative intent.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that since
the Columbine High School shootings that occurred in 1999, more than
250 people have been killed in the United States during what has been
classified as active shooter and mass casualty incidents. These
incidents involve one or more suspects who participate in an ongoing,
random, or systematic shooting spree, demonstrating the intent to
harm others with the objective of mass murder.
(2) It has become evident that these events may take place in any
community or venue and that they impact fire and police departments,
regardless of their size or capacity. Local jurisdictions vary widely
in available emergency response resources, staffing, and equipment
allocations. Protocols and training for response to active shooter
incidents must be established locally to work within the resource
capabilities and limitations of each jurisdiction.
(b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to do all of the
following:
(1) Require the development of collaborative protocols and
relationships between local and state first response entities,
including law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency
medical services providers and agencies, in order that those entities
shall act effectively and in concert to address active shooter
incidents across California.
(2) Require first response entities to seek collaborative training
opportunities, including, but not limited to, table top or
simulation exercises, to assess plan implementations, and to include
other entities that may be involved in active shooter incidents in
those trainings, such as schools, city or county personnel, and
private businesses.
(3) Require basic and ongoing training for law enforcement agency
personnel, fire department personnel, emergency medical services
personnel, and the personnel for other first responders include, as
appropriate, training and education on active shooter incidents and
tactical casualty care.
(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that each first
response entity, in collaboration with other law enforcement
agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical services providers
and agencies, develop protocols for responding to active shooter
incidents. It is the intent of the Legislature that those protocols
be reviewed annually to ensure that they are current, and address any
policy, geographic, or demographic changes that warrant a response
strategy review. The Legislature intends that the protocols address
all of the following:
(1) The roles, responsibilities, and policies of each entity in
responding to an active shooter incident.
(2) Preassessment and contingency planning that includes
identification of potential targets within the jurisdiction.
(3) Implementation of an Incident Command System (ICS), including
emergency protocols for a unified command structure for entities
responding to an active shooter incident.
(4) Interagency communication issues and needs, including, but not
limited to, radio interoperability and establishment of common
language, terms, and definitions to be used on the scene of an active
shooter incident.
(5) Identification of resources for responding to an active
shooter incident, including, but not limited to, primary and
secondary needs and hospitals.
(6) Tactical deployment of available resources for responding to
an active shooter incident.
(7) Emergency treatment and extraction of persons injured in an
active shooter incident.
SEC. 2. Section 8588.10 of the Government Code is amended to read:
8588.10. (a) The director shall establish a Curriculum
Development Advisory Committee to advise the office on the
development of course curricula, as specified by the director.
(b) The committee shall be chaired by the director, who will
appoint members as appropriate. In appointing members to the
committee, the director shall include representatives from the
following:
(1) State public safety, health, first responder, and emergency
services departments or agencies, as deemed appropriate by the
director.
(2) Local first responder agencies.
(3) Local public safety agencies.
(4) Nonprofit organizations, as deemed appropriate by the
director.
(5) Any other state, local, tribal, or nongovernmental
organization determined by the director to be appropriate.
(c) The committee shall consult with the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training.
SEC. 3. Section 1797.116 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
1797.116. (a) The authority shall establish additional training
standards that include the criteria for the curriculum content
recommended by the Curriculum Development Advisory Committee
established pursuant to Section 8588.10 of the Government Code,
involving the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism
incidents and to address the training needs of those identified as
first responders. Training standards shall include, but not be
limited to, criteria for coordinating between different responding
entities.
(b) Every EMT I, EMT II, and EMT-P, as defined in Sections
1797.80, 1797.82, and 1797.84, may receive the appropriate training
described in this section. Pertinent training previously completed by
any jurisdiction's EMT I, EMT II, or EMT-P personnel and meeting the
training requirements of this section may be submitted to the
training program approving authority to assess its content and
determine whether it meets the training standards prescribed by the
authority.
SEC. 4. Section 1797.134 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
1797.134. The Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical
Services or another committee designated by the director shall
consult with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
regarding emergency medical services integration and coordination
with peace officer training.
SEC. 5. Section 13514.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
13514.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the commission shall
develop and disseminate guidelines and standardized training
recommendations for all law enforcement officers, supervisors, and
managers whose agency assigns them to perform, supervise, or manage
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operations. The guidelines and
standardized training recommendations shall be available for use by
law enforcement agencies that conduct SWAT operations.
(b) The training and guidelines shall be developed in consultation
with law enforcement officers, the Attorney General's office,
supervisors, and managers, SWAT trainers, legal advisers, and others
selected by the commission. Development of the training and
guidelines shall include consideration of the recommendations
contained in the Attorney General's Commission on Special Weapons and
Tactics (S.W.A.T.) Final Report of 2002.
(c) The standardized training recommendations shall at a minimum
include initial training requirements for SWAT operations, refresher
or advanced training for experienced SWAT members, and supervision
and management of SWAT operations.
(d) The guidelines shall at minimum address legal and practical
issues of SWAT operations, personnel selection, fitness requirements,
planning, hostage negotiation, tactical issues, safety, rescue
methods, after-action evaluation of operations, logistical and
resource needs, uniform and firearms requirements, risk assessment,
policy considerations, and multijurisdictional SWAT operations. The
guidelines may also address tactical casualty care.
(e) The guidelines shall provide procedures for approving the
prior training of officers, supervisors, and managers that meet the
standards and guidelines developed by the commission pursuant to this
section, in order to avoid duplicative training.
SEC. 6. Section 13519.12 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
13519.12. (a) Pursuant to Section 13510, the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training shall establish training standards and
develop a course of instruction that includes the criteria for the
curriculum content recommended by the Curriculum Development Advisory
Committee established pursuant to Section 8588.10 of the Government
Code, involving the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism
incidents. The course of instruction shall address the training
needs of peace officers at a managerial or supervisory level and
below who are assigned to field duties. The training shall be
developed in consultation with the Department of Justice and other
individuals knowledgeable about terrorism and address current theory,
terminology, historical issues, and procedures necessary to
appropriately respond to and effectively mitigate the effects of a
terrorism incident. The training standards and course of instruction
may, if appropriate, include coordination with emergency medical
services providers that respond to an incident, tactical casualty
care, and other standards of emergency care as established pursuant
to Section 1799.50 of the Health and Safety Code by the Commission on
Emergency Medical Services.
(b) The commission shall expedite the delivery of this training to
law enforcement through maximum use of its local and regional
delivery systems.
(c) To maximize the availability and delivery of training, the
commission shall develop a course of instruction to train trainers
and first responders dealing with terrorism incidents using a variety
of formats.
(d) Every police chief and sheriff, the Commissioner of the
Highway Patrol, and other general law enforcement agency executives
may determine the members of their agency to receive the emergency
response to terrorism incidents training developed by the commission
under this section. The persons to be trained may include, but are
not limited to, peace officers that perform general law enforcement
duties at a managerial or supervisory level or below and are assigned
to field duties.
(e) For purposes of this section, a "terrorism incident" includes,
but is not limited to, an active shooter incident. An "active
shooter incident" is an incident where an individual is actively
engaged in killing or attempting to kill people.
