Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in San Diego, California
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This page provides an overview of policies related to the hiring, training, and discipline of police officers in San Diego, Calif. It is part of an analysis of police union collective bargaining agreements and related arrangements with police unions concerning hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in the 50 states and top 100 cities by population.
Background
Through the lens of 40 research questions related to police hiring, training, and discipline, Ballotpedia examined the collective bargaining agreements, statutes, and regulatory codes governing the 50 states and the top 100 US cities by population.
Some of the hiring, training, and discipline standards for police officers not established by statutes or regulations arise from negotiations with police unions. Those negotiations are often codified in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). Those agreements are the contracts that states and cities sign following negotiations with police unions. Some states and cities restrict collective bargaining, but may still negotiate with police unions using other methods. After negotiating with the unions, those jurisdictions sometimes establish police standards through documents including memoranda of understanding or meet and confer agreements.
Results
The tables below link to each question Ballotpedia used to analyze the states and cities and indicates how San Diego handles police hiring, training, and discipline. To see the provisions Ballotpedia used to support these results, click here.
CBA basics
| CBA basics | Results |
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| Is there a CBA with the police union? | YES |
| Is the current CBA publicly available online? | YES |
Discipline and accountability
| Discipline and accountability | Results |
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| Does the CBA forbid the transfer or reassignment of an officer as a form of discipline? | NO |
| Do officers have a right to request third-party arbitration for grievances, including over disciplinary actions? | NO |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to discipline for misconduct? | YES |
Primary discipline authority: City of San Diego, Police Department; Types: Dismissal, demotion, suspension, wage reduction, written reprimand, written warning, transfer; Restricted aspects: N/A; Challenge/appeal process: Appeal to Civil Service CommissionOfficers will receive a 3 day notification prior to interrogation and be told their right to representation. | |
| Does the CBA explicitly allow for a state ombudsman outside particular police departments to hold law enforcement officers accountable for misconduct? | NO |
Legal limitations or provisions
| Legal limitations or provisions | Results |
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| Does the city CBA prohibit felons from becoming law enforcement officers? | NO |
| Are there any statutes or regulations that prohibit collective bargaining with police unions? | NO |
Training and counseling
| Training and counseling | Results |
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| Does the CBA require or incentivize college or post-secondary education? | YES |
Allows employees to receive tuition reimbursement up to $2,000 per year | |
| Does the CBA require or incentivize law enforcement officers to learn first aid skills? | YES |
Incentivizes POST certifications, which may include first aid training | |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to firearms training? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to training with tasers or other nonlethal weapons? | NO |
| Does the CBA require law enforcement officers to learn any martial arts? | NO |
| Does the CBA require law enforcement officers to submit to regular psychological counseling/evaluation? | NO |
| Does the state/city CBA require law enforcement officers to do driving training regularly? | NO |
| Does the state/city CBA require law enforcement officers to do driving training regularly? | NO |
| Does the CBA require law enforcement officers to take regular mental health training? | NO |
Community relations and oversight
| Community relations and oversight | Results |
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| Does the CBA reference citizen review boards? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to community policing? | YES |
Mentions community relations officer | |
Investigations
| Investigations | Results |
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| Does the CBA contain provisions related to misconduct investigations? | YES |
Officer procedural bill of rights for investigations and right to appeal; Details investigative procedure | |
| Does the CBA require notice to officers of investigations? | NO |
| Does the CBA determine a timeline for investigations? | YES |
Timeline to launch: N/A; Timeline to conclude: 1 year | |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to compensation during misconduct investigations? | NO |
Evidence and records
| Evidence and records | Results |
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| Does the CBA have provisions related to the use of body-worn cameras or body-worn camera video evidence? | NO |
| Does the CBA regulate processes for retaining officer disciplinary records? | YES |
Record storage: City-specific database; Storage authority: N/A; Types of records: Dismissal, demotion, suspension, reduction in salary, written reprimand, or transfer for purposes of punishment: Timeline: N/A; Access and use: Employees have access to their personnel file; Use in decisions: "Formal reprimands without further penalty more than two years old, and those with additional penalty more than five years old, will not be considered for purposes of promotion, transfer, special assignments and disciplinary actions except as to disciplinary actions, when the reprimands show patterns of specific similar police misconduct""No punitive action, nor denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, shall be undertaken by any public agency against any public safety officer who has successfully completed the probationary period that may be required by his or her employing agency without providing the public safety officer with an opportunity for administrative appeal." | |
Qualifications and evaluation
| Qualifications and evaluation | Results |
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| Does the CBA require performance evaluations? | YES |
Annual performance evaluations referenced in relation to formal representation | |
| Does the CBA restrict licensing procedures for law enforcement officers or departments? | NO |
Union authority
See also
Footnotes
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