Report 2017-131 Recommendation 14 Responses

Report 2017-131: Hate Crimes in California: Law Enforcement Has Not Adequately Identified, Reported, or Responded to Hate Crimes (Release Date: May 2018)

Recommendation #14 To: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

To help ensure that officers can identify and document that hate crimes have occurred, POST should send training materials to all POST-certified law enforcement agencies in the State for these agencies to use in refresher training for their officers.

60-Day Agency Response

In 2017, POST developed a two-hour training DVD titled Hate Crimes. During November 2017, POST distributed 1,560 copies of the training DVD, including to training managers at 545 of the 615 POST law enforcement agencies. Seventy (70) POST agencies did not receive the training DVD either due to an administrative oversight at POST, or because the agency voluntarily opted-out of the POST training DVD program. On July 25, 2018, POST distributed copies of the Hate Crimes training DVD to the remaining 70 agencies. All 615 POST law enforcement agencies have now been provided the training DVD.

On July 25, 2018, POST distributed a bulletin to all POST law enforcement agencies citing the findings in the California State Auditor's report and reminded agencies of the availability of the Hate Crimes training DVD.

According to POST training records, as of July 25, 2018, 468 California peace officers and public safety dispatchers have received completion credit for the Hate Crimes training DVD.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2017-131

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.