CA AB2626

Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and disseminate training on principled policing, specifically procedural justice and implicit bias, for all peace officers

Defines procedural justice as an approach giving people opportunity to tell their side, remaining neutral, treating people with respect, and demonstrating trustworthiness; defines implicit bias as thoughts or feelings about social groups that can influence perceptions and actions without awareness

Mandates training curriculum include procedural justice as a strategy for improving law enforcement-community trust relationships, implicit bias as a barrier to procedural justice, historical effects of policing, and interactive nature of policing goals with procedural justice and implicit bias

Requires the commission to certify and make training available for peace officers to teach principled policing courses to colleagues, with training offered quarterly at regional centers starting June 2017

Mandates commission evaluate current basic training by June 1, 2018, and incorporate principled policing concepts into basic training with refresher courses required at least every five years