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City Council Meeting 9-14-99
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1954 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA TO ALLOW PUBLIC
SAFETY DISPATCHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission
adopts rules for the purpose of raising the level of competency and establishing
minimum standards relating to recruiting and training law enforcement staff, including
Public Safety Dispatchers, and offers training programs as well; and
WHEREAS, the State of California requires all cities which wish to send
members of their law enforcement staff to the POST training to adopt an ordinance
accepting the requirements of California Penal Code Sections 13501(c) and 13512; and
WHEREAS, POST will reimburse the City for a portion of its costs for training
Public Safety Dispatchers; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica desires to send its Public Safety
Dispatchers to receive POST training,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby accepts the requirements imposed by
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California Penal Code Section 13510(c), namely, that the City will adhere to the
standards for recruitment and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby accepts the requirements imposed by
California Penal Code Section 13512, namely, that the City will cooperate with any
inquiry made by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to ascertain
that the City's Public Safety Dispatchers are adhering to the Commission's standards
for selection and training.
SECTION 3. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the
passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once
in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall
become effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
S/
MARSHA JONES MOUTRIE
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 14t" day of September, 1999.
S/
Pam O'Connor, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1954 (CCS) had its first reading on September 7, 1999, and
was adopted on September 14, 1999, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Holbrook, Bloom, McKeown, Feinstein, Rosenstein,
Mayor Pro Tem Genser, Mayor
O'Connor
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST:
S/
Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk
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