Human trafficking victim support coordinator.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's impact on costs and consequences for non-compliance remain unspecified.

Human Trafficking Victim Support Coordinator

This law requires police departments with more than 25 officers to appoint a human trafficking victim support coordinator who will complete specific training and serve as a liaison between victims and community organizations, while also displaying contact information online.

What This Bill Does

• Requires each law enforcement agency with more than 25 peace officers to designate at least one person as a human trafficking victim support coordinator by January 1, 2028.
• The designated coordinator must complete the POST training course on commercial sexual exploitation of children and victims of human trafficking within six months after being appointed.
• Upon completion of the training, the coordinator will serve as a liaison between trusted community-based organizations and victims of human trafficking.
• Each law enforcement agency with more than 25 peace officers must display contact information for their coordinators on their websites by July 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

• Law enforcement agencies (those with over 25 peace officers)
• Victims of human trafficking
• Community-based organizations that help victims

Terms To Know

Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)

A state agency responsible for training police officers.

State-mandated local program

A program that the state requires local governments to follow, which may come with costs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a department fails to appoint a coordinator or display information online.
• It is unclear how much it will cost police departments to comply with this law.

Official Summary Text

AB 2720, as amended, Schiavo.
Human trafficking victim support coordinator.
Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and charges it with, among other duties, developing and disseminating guidelines and training for all peace officers in this state. Existing law requires POST to develop and implement a course of instruction for the training of peace officers on commercial sexual exploitation of children and victims of human trafficking that includes, but is not limited to, certain topics and activities.
This bill would require each law enforcement agency with more than 25 peace officers to designate
a
at least one
human trafficking victim support coordinator by January 1, 2028. The bill would require the coordinator to take the above-described course of instruction no later than 6 months after designation and, upon completion of the course, serve as a liaison between trusted community-based organizations and victims. The bill would require each law enforcement agency to, by July 1, 2028, display specified information on their internet website, including
the
specified
contact information
of the
of any
human trafficking victim support
coordinator.
coordinators.
By imposing new requirements on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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