OWL ALERT MARCH 10: POLICE MUST BE TRAINED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA

SITUATION: California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) penal code currently does not include training on how to effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, or dementia.

SITUATION: Assembly Member Kevin Mullin has introduced AB 2583, which will amend current protocol to include this missing—crucial–training.

SITUATION: AB 2583 is currently before the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee for consideration on March 21st, and, without enough support, may not make it out of committee for a vote by the full Assembly.

ACTION: Contact Public Safety Committee Chair Byron Jones Sawyer:
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0059
Tel: (916) 319-2059
Click HERE to email Byron Jones Sawyer

ACTION: Contact Public Safety Committee Vice-Chair Tom Lackey:
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA  94249-0036
Tel: (916) 319-2036
Click HERE to email Tom Lackey

ACTION: Share this message with friends and family statewide.