This assembly bill was introduced by Assembly Member Mullin on February 18, 2022. Current legislation mandates that specific categories of law enforcement officers must meet training standards through courses certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Furthermore, POST is obligated to ensure that field training officers, who serve as instructors for the field training program, receive a minimum of 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training to enhance their ability to train new peace officers in effectively engaging with individuals experiencing mental illness or intellectual disabilities. This proposed bill introduces a modification, requiring the commission to update this training to encompass effective interaction with individuals afflicted by Alzheimer's disease or dementia. It clarifies that field training officers who completed the training before January 1, 2025, or who are exempt from it, are not compelled to undertake the revised training. However, those field training officers who have not completed the training on or after January 1, 2025, or are not exempt from it, must complete the revised program. Furthermore, the bill obliges the commission, during its next regularly scheduled review of a training module pertaining to individuals with disabilities, to develop and make available a course on recognizing and engaging with individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia, distributed on DVD and electronically. It mandates that peace officers hired or appointed before July 1, 2029, complete this course by January 1, 2030, while peace officers hired or appointed after July 1, 2029, must complete the course within 180 days of their hiring or appointment. In terms of fiscal implications, the bill imposes a state-mandated local program by assigning new responsibilities to local officials. Per the California Constitution, the state is obligated to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs imposed by the state. The bill also outlines the process for reimbursement, should the Commission on State Mandates determine that it imposes state-mandated costs.