Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Professional Certificates -- Public Safety Dispatcher
(1) Dispatcher Certificates
Dispatcher Certificates are professional certificates awarded in
recognition of meeting specified training education, and service requirements.
Possession of these certificates is voluntary and is not required to perform
dispatcher duties.
(2)
Application Requirements
An applicant (or an applicant's employing department) shall submit
a completed Certificate Application -- POST Public Safety Dispatcher via the
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). If a POST-certified training course is not
reflected on the applicant's POST profile, they should contact the course presenter
to update the POST Profile.
(A) Application
Requirements -- An applicant shall submit the following information for a completed
Certificate Application via the EDI:
1. Log into
the POST PASS Account.
2. Enter POST ID
or Social Security Number.
3. When
applying, select the appropriate Certificate to start the application
process.
4. Upload the appropriate
documents referred to in 1011(a)(2)(B)1.-3..
5. Select the Submit button.
(B) The applicant and the applicant's employing
agency shall submit a completed Certificate Application, via EDI, along with
supporting documents as follows:
1. Documentation
that supports the required education and experience (i.e., official transcripts,
diplomas, certificates of course completion).
2. When the units of credit are transferred from
one educational institution to another, supporting documentation from all
educational institutions is required.
3.
Supporting documents are not required if the education and/or experience information
needed to support the current certificate request is already reflected on the
applicant's POST profile. Any education or experience that is not reflected on the
POST profile must be supported as described in subsection
1011(a)(3)(A)1. and/or
2.
(3) Certificate
Terminology and Policy
(A) College Degree or
College Unit Criteria
Accreditation shall be by a national or regional accrediting body
that is recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education.
For the award of a certificate, all degrees or units:
1. Shall be issued by and recorded on the
transcript of an accredited community college, college, or university; or
2. When issued by a non-accredited community
college, college, or university, the degree or units shall have been accepted and
recorded on the transcript of an accredited community college, college, or
university.
(B) Education
Units
1. One college semester unit equals one
education unit, or
2. One college
quarter unit equals two-thirds of an education unit.
(C) Training Points
1. Twenty hours of training is equal to one
training point. Only completed courses with verifiable hours are accepted. Training
point credit shall not be given for partial completion of a course or when the
course was failed.
2. When the training
is not POST-certified, the commission shall have discretion to determine acceptable
dispatcher training, pursuant to the following criteria:
a. When requesting training points for courses
that are not POST-certified, applicants must provide documentation to support
completion of training such as a copy of the course roster or a copy of the course
completion certificate.
b. Training must
be verified with a course roster or a certificate of course completion that includes
the date of completion and number of hours completed.
(D) Education Unit Conversions
When education units exceed the number needed to qualify for a
certificate, the excess education units may be converted to training points to meet
training point requirements.
1. One
education unit shall equal one training point.
2. POST will make the conversion when it is to the
advantage of the applicant.
3. The
POST-certified Public Safety Dispatcher's Basic course can only be used to satisfy
either the training points or the education units requirement. It cannot be used to
satisfy both categories.
(E)
Experience
In order to be eligible for any level of the dispatcher
certificate, at the time of application, individuals must be appointed as a current
full-time public safety dispatcher with a POST-participating
agency.
(4) Applicants
for the award of the Dispatcher Basic Certificate shall:
(A) Be employed with an agency participating in
the POST Dispatcher Program.
(B) Be
currently appointed as a full-time public safety dispatcher.
(C) Have been selected in accordance with the
minimum selection requirements specified in Commission Regulation 1018.
EXCEPTION: This requirement does not apply if the dispatcher was
appointed prior to the agency's participation in the POST program.
(D) Have successfully completed a POST-certified
Public Safety Dispatcher's Basic Course.
(E) Have satisfactorily completed the current
agency's probationary period of at least 12 months.
EXCEPTION: Upon entry into the program, agencies with a probation
period of less than 12 months, when established by ordinance, charter, or memorandum
of understanding, shall be granted a waiver of this requirement until a 12-month
probation period can be established.
NOTE: The Dispatcher Certificate is obsolete, those who possess a
Dispatcher Certificate will be grandfathered in and be eligible for a Dispatcher
Basic Certificate.
(5)
Applicants for the award of a Dispatcher Intermediate Certificate shall:
(A) Satisfy the requirements specified in
subsection 1011(a)(3) (A-D) for
all certificates.
(B) Possess the
Dispatcher Basic Certificate.
(C)
Satisfy one of the following eligibility combinations:
| Degree or Education Units
*
|
|
Dispatcher Experience
|
|
Training Points
|
| Bachelor's Degree |
and
|
3 years |
plus
|
0 |
| Associate Degree |
and
|
5 years |
plus
|
0 |
| 45 Education Units |
and
|
5 years |
plus
|
12 |
| 30 Education Units |
and
|
7 years |
plus
|
11 |
| 15 Education Units |
and
|
9 years |
plus
|
10 |
* Excess education units may be applied towards training points on
a unit for point basis per subsection
1011(a)(3)(D).
(6) Applicants for the award
of a Dispatcher Advanced Certificate shall:
(A)
Satisfy the requirements specified in subsection
1011(a)(3)(A)-(D) for
all certificates.
(B) Possess the
Dispatcher Intermediate Certificate.
(C)
Satisfy one of the following eligibility combinations:
| Degree or Education Units
*
|
|
Dispatcher Experience
|
|
Training Points
|
| Master's Degree |
and
|
5 years |
plus
|
0 |
| Bachelor's Degree |
and
|
7 years |
plus
|
0 |
| Associate Degree |
and
|
9 years |
plus
|
0 |
| 45 Education Units |
and
|
9 years |
plus
|
12 |
| 30 Education Units |
and
|
11 years |
plus
|
11 |
* Excess education units may be applied towards training points on
a unit for point basis per subsection
1011(a)(3)(D).
(7) Applicants for the award
of a Dispatcher Supervisory Certificate shall:
(A)
Satisfy the requirements specified in Commission Regulation 1018.
(B) Satisfy the requirements specified in
subsection 1011(a)(3) (A-D) for
all certificates.
(B) Possess the
Dispatcher Intermediate Certificate.
(C)
Complete a minimum of 60 semester units or possess a degree from an accredited
college.
(D) Successfully complete a
POST-certified Supervisory Course. (The Dispatcher Supervisory Course is highly
recommended.)
(E) Possess a minimum of
two years of experience as a permanent first-level Dispatcher Supervisor or
higher.
(b)
Professional Certificates Records Supervisor
(1)
Records Supervisor Certificate
The Records Supervisor Certificate is a professional certificate
awarded to a records supervisor in recognition of meeting specified training and
service requirements. Possession of this certificate is voluntary and is not
required to perform record supervisor duties.
(2) Prior to submitting an application for a POST
Records Supervisor Certificate, POST shall have been notified of the records
supervisor's appointment pursuant to the requirements in Commission Regulation
1003(a)(1)(A)4.
(3) Application
Requirements
The applicant and the applicant's employing agency shall submit a
completed Certificate Application Records Supervisor via EDI.
(A) Application Requirements -- An applicant shall
submit the following information for a completed Certificate Application via the
EDI:
1. Log into the POST PASS Account.
2. Enter POST ID or Social Security
Number.
3. When applying, select the
appropriate Certificate to start the application process.
5. Select the Submit button.
(4) Applicants for the award
of the Records Supervisor Certificate shall:
(A)
Be currently employed with an agency participating in the POST Program.
(B) Be appointed as a records supervisor as
defined in Commission Regulation 1001.
(C) Have satisfactorily completed the current
agency's probationary period for a records supervisor.
(D) Have completed a minimum of two years of
satisfactory service with the current agency as a records supervisor.
(E) Be a high school graduate or have successfully
passed the General Education Development (GED) test for high school
graduation.
(F) Have satisfactorily
completed the Public Records Act course (minimum 16 hours) and the Records
Supervisor Course (minimum 40 hours).
(c) Certificate Cancellation
(1) Cancellation Reasons
POST shall cancel a professional certificate(s) for the following
reasons:
(A) The certificate was obtained
through misrepresentation, fraud, or
(B)
The certificate was issued as a result of an administrative error on the part of
POST or the employing agency.
(2) Notification Requirement
Department personnel who possess information that a certificate
was obtained through misrepresentation, fraud, or administrative error shall notify
POST immediately.
(3)
Investigation of Circumstances
The Executive Director may initiate an investigation of the
circumstances under which the certificate was issued. The Executive Director has the
authority to approve or deny certificate cancellation.
(4) Cancellation Appeal
An individual whose certificate has been cancelled may appeal the
cancellation to the Commission.
At the Commission's discretion, a hearing shall be held either
before the Commission or before a qualified hearing officer. The hearing officer
shall prepare a proposed decision in such form that it may be adopted as the
decision in the case. All hearings shall be conducted in conformance with the
Administrative Procedures Act (Government Code.C. section 11340 et seq.). At the
conclusion of the appeal hearing, the Commission shall render a decision to uphold
or overturn the decision to cancel the certificate.
(5) Cancellation Recorded
When the decision to cancel is upheld through the appeal process,
the POST Profile record shall indicate the appropriate reason for the
cancellation.
(6) Return of
Certificate
Upon notification of cancellation, the individual to whom a
cancelled certificate was issued shall return the certificate to POST if the
certificate was issued before July 1, 2021.
Note: Authority cited: Section
1029,
Government Code; Sections
13503,
13506,
13510(c),
13510.1,
13510.1(e),
13510.2 and
13510.7, Penal Code.
Reference: Section
1031,
Government Code; and Sections
832.4,
13503,
13506,
13510(c),
13510.1,
13510.3 and
13510.7(a)-(b),
Penal Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section
1029,
Government Code; Sections
13503,
13506,
13510(c),
13510.1,
13510.1(e),
13510.2 and
13510.7, Penal Code.
Reference: Section
1031,
Government Code; and Sections
832.4,
13503,
13506,
13510(c),
13510.1,
13510.3 and
13510.7(a)-(b),
Penal Code.
