The state's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training estimated that it might decertify more than 3,000 police officers yearly under a long-overdue reform.
The California Legislature has encountered steep resistance to the most basic form of standard-setting for police: Decertification. It’s time for cops to drop their opposition.in 2021, the commission had the authority to certify police officers and cancel certificates awarded in error or obtained fraudulently. But it could not decertify officers for improper or criminal conduct.in 2020 amid an all-out campaign of misinformation and fear mongering by police unions, insurers and municipalities.
But the decertification bill, which specified only “serious” misconduct as warranting the penalty, had strong support from community groups, families affected by police misconduct and civil rights organizations and activists. Hundreds of music, entertainment and sports figures signed an open letter urging the governor and lawmakers to approve the bill.
That is no longer the case, thanks to a successful push for similar legislation the following year. As a result, the newly empowered police standards commission recently estimated that it could
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