California Penal Code

§ 832.12

PEN § 832.12 Effective Jan 1, 2022Title 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 4.5

Statute text

(a)Each department or agency in this state that employs peace officers shall make a record of any investigations of misconduct involving a peace officer in the officer’s general personnel file or a separate file designated by the department or agency. A peace officer seeking employment with a department or agency in this state that employs peace officers shall give written permission for the hiring department or agency to view the officer’s general personnel file and any separate file designated by a department or agency.

(b)Prior to employing any peace officer, each department or agency in this state that employs peace officers shall request, and the hiring department or agency shall review, any records made available pursuant to subdivision (a).

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 402, Sec. 4. (SB 16) Effective January 1, 2022.