Petaluma Municipal Code Ch. 4.28 Selection and Training Standards of Public Safety

The city of Petaluma declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the state of California under the

provisions of Section 13522, Chapter 1, of Title 4, Part 4, of the California Penal Code. (Ord. 1764 NCS §1, 1989.)

Pursuant to Section 13510(c), Chapter 1, the Petaluma Police Department will adhere to standards for recruitment

and training established by the California Commission on Peace ONcer Standards and Training (POST). (Ord. 1764

NCS §1, 1989.)

Pursuant to Section 13512, Chapter 1, the commission and its representatives may make such inquiries as

deemed appropriate by the commission to ascertain that the Petaluma Police Department’s public safety

dispatches personnel adhere to standards for selection and training established by the Commission on Peace

ONcer Standards and Training. (Ord. 1764 NCS §1, 1989.)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is, for any reason held to be invalid or

unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not aPect the validity of

the remaining portions of the chapter. (Ord. 1764 NCS §1, 1989.)