The Training Delivery Bureau (TDB) is the principal liaison between the Commission and Law Enforcement Agencies, training managers, and Course Presenters. The bureau works with over 700 POST law enforcement presenters, as well as a number of agencies not in the POST program, to certify quality law enforcement training and to ensure the delivery of that training.

Perishable Skills/Communications Requirement for CPT. Effective January 1, 2002, all peace officers (except Reserve officers) below the middle management position and assigned to patrol, traffic, or investigation who routinely effect the physical arrest of criminal suspects are required to complete Perishable Skills and Communications training. In-lieu of completing the training, the requirement may be met by successfully passing a presenter-developed test that measures the approved training objectives.

Perishable Skills training shall consist of a minimum of 12 hours in each two-year period. Of the total 12 hours required, a minimum of 4 hours of each of the three following topical areas shall be completed:

• Arrest and Control
• Driver Training/Awareness or Driving Simulator*
• Tactical Firearms* or Force Options Simulator

*Reference Commission Procedure D-2 for minimum requirements.

Communications training, either tactical or interpersonal, shall consist of a minimum of 2 hours in each two-year period. Reference Commission Procedure D-2 for minimum requirements.

It is recommended that managers and executives complete, within their two-year compliance cycle, two hours of CPT devoted to updates in the perishable skills topical areas enumerated above.

Exemptions. Agencies may request an exemption from all or part of the Perishable Skills and Communications training requirement. Agencies must request an exemption in writing and provide an attestation that their peace officers do not carry firearms, or they infrequently interact with or effect physical arrests of criminal suspects, or do not utilized marked emergency vehicles during normal course of business.

Contacting the Training Delivery Bureau
The state is divided into ten service areas, each of which is overseen and serviced by a law enforcement training consultant assigned to this bureau. You may reach TDB staff by using POST’s Region Map and Bureau Contact Information.

For additional Bureau information, please contact the bureau Secretary at 916.227.4862 or 916.227.4863.