COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED
For Immediate Release
November 21, 2017

Contact: Mona Riesterer
(503) 378-2431


Notice of Regular Meeting
The Private Security/Investigators Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training will hold a regular meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. The meeting will be held in the Boardroom at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.

Dial-in number: 888-808-6929- and Participant code: 8917117

If you dial-in for the meeting, please mute your phone unless you are addressing the group. Doing so will enable you to hear the meeting more effectively.

Agenda Items:

1. Introductions

2. *Minutes -- August 15, 2017
Approve the minutes of the August 15, 2017 Private Security/Private Investigations Policy Committee meeting.

3. *Proposed Rule Change for OARs 259-060-0010, 259-060-0120, 259-060-0135 and 259-060-0300 - SB 39 and suspension of armed professionals and firearms instructors for failure to complete annual refresher training/marksmanship
Presented by Jennifer Howald

4. Review of Public Comment and Rulemaking Hearing Summary for the Proposed Rule Change for OAR 259-060-0300 Establishes Emotional Standards for Armed Private Security Professionals and Private Security Firearms Instructors
Presented by Jennifer Howald

5. Department Update

6. Subcommittee Reports

7. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting -- February 20, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.

Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Private Security/Investigator Policy Committee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting

## Background Information on the DPSST ##

The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff's Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.

DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.