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Board On Public Safety Standards And Training Meeting Recap -01/30/18

The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training (BPSST) held is regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on Thursday, January 25, 2018 in the Boardroom at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem. To increase the public's trust, the Oregon legislature has mandated the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training establish minimum standards that are required to be met and maintained by Oregon's providers of public safety, including police officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, telecommunicators (9-1-1), emergency medical dispatchers, public safety instructors, and OLCC regulatory specialists. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training is responsible for certifying public safety professionals who meet all of the Board-established intellectual, physical and moral fitness standards,and for denying, suspending or revoking the certification of those who do not meet or fall below these standards. Recap of Board Actions - # Personnel Actions # The Board took action to revoke/suspend/or deny the professional certifications of 16 individuals during the meeting. Individuals have the ability to request a contested case hearing to challenge the Board's actions. *Rachel McDonald DPSST#57760 (Portland Police Bureau) -- Not Deny Application for Training and Subsequent Certification *Joseph Shipley DPSST#24794 (Yamhill County Sheriff's Office) -- Revoke *Teresa Plummer DPSST#31191 (Department of Public Safety Standards & Training) -- Not Take Action *Zechariah Ames DPSST#42841 (Oakridge Police Department) - Suspend *Bradley Schafer DPSST#54285 (Canby Police Department) - Revoke *Jason Ruiz DPSST#57553(Bend Police Department) -- Not Deny *Clarence Smith DPSST#10581 (Not employed) - Revoke *Anthony Barnett DPSST#37913 (Not employed) -- Restore eligibility to reapply for Certification. *John Ware DPSST#30288 (Department of Corrections - OSCI) - Suspend *Russell Shield DPSST#42433 (Coos County Sheriff's Office) -- Revoke Basic Corrections Certification and Deny application for Intermediate Certification *Alexander Nauman DPSST#54373 (Department of Corrections - OSCI) -- Revoke *Miranda Feist DPSST#57004 (Department of Corrections - TRCI) - Deny Application for Training and Subsequent Certification *Theresa Olsen DPSST#33223 (Department of Corrections -- OSP) - Revoke *Nicolas Frost DPSST#48377 (Department of Corrections -- DRCI) - Revoke *Cheryl Todd DPSST#51507 (Department of Corrections -- SFFC) - Revoke *Jeffrey Hernandez DPSST#45724 (Department of Corrections -- OSP) -- Not Revoke *Christopher Cook DPSST#53053 (Department of Corrections -- SRCI) - Revoke *Kyle Witty DPSST#57693 (Department of Corrections -- EOCI) -- Not Deny application for training and subsequent certification. *Tracey Joseph DPSST#31239 (Department of Corrections -- CRCI) -- Revoke *Brandan Hyder DPSST#57869 (Warm Springs Police Department) -- Not Deny application for training and subsequent certification. *Brandon Wright DPSST#57481 (Bay Cities Ambulance) -- Not Deny application for training and subsequent certification. *Matthew Knight DPSST#55445 (Milton-Freewater Police Department) -- Revoke *Thomas Ianeri DPSST#37706 (Medford Police Department) -- Suspend *Lori J. Pruitt DPSST#34341 (Sumpter Fire Department) -- Deny application for certification *Brian Pingree DPSST#35030 (Illinois Valley RFPD) -- Not Deny application for certification *Timothy Lathrom DPSST#F16556 (Sumner RFPD) -- Deny application for certification # Administrative Actions Taken # Proposed Rule Change -- OAR 259-009-0005 & 259-009-0062 NFPA Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator -- Proposed Rule Change - Approve OAR 259-009-0005 & 259-009-0062 NFPA 1006 -- Proposed Rule Change -- Approve Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications. OAR 259-009-0005 & 259-009-0062 NFPA 1035 -- Proposed Rule Change - Approve Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire & Life Safety Education, NFPA Public Information Officer, NFPA Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist and NFPA Youth Firesetter Program Manager, Edition of 2015. OAR 259-009-0005 & 259-009-0062 NFPA 1072 -- Proposed Rule Change - Approve Standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction, Emergency Response Personnel Professional qualifications. OAR 240-009-0062 NFPA 1031 & 1033 - Fire Inspector and Fire Investigator - Approve OAR 259-008-0065 - Proposed Rule Change and Repeal of OAR 259-008-0066 - Approve Combines certification maintenance requirements for P&P officers employed part-time with the requirements for all other law enforcement officers. Basic Parole and Probation Curriculum Changes - Approve Recommends Changes to the Basic Parole and Probation Curriculum Basic Police Curriculum Changes (Phase I) - Presentation and Booklet provided to Board -- Approve - Changes to the first four weeks of the 16-week Basic Police Curriculum. Subsequent phases of revision will be completed in 2018-2019. OAR 259-060-0010, OAR 259-060-0120, 259-060-0135, 259-060-0300 -- Proposed Rule Change - Approve - SB39 and suspension of Armed professionals and firearms instructors for failure to complete annual firearms refresher training/marksmanship. (Private Security Program) OAR 259-060-0300 -- Proposed Rule Change = Approve - Establishes Emotional Standards for Armed Private Security Professionals and Private Security Firearms Instructors. # Committee Appointments # Police Policy Committee * Craig Zanni -- to replace John Bishop representing OSSA; 1st term effective 1/28/18 * Laurence Halupowski to replace Jeff Staples representing non-management law enforcement; 1st term effective 1/25/18 * Bradley Robertson to replace Murray Rau representing non-management law enforcement; 1st term effective 1/28/18 Corrections Policy Committee * Rob Persson -- to replace Kimberly Hendricks on the Corrections Policy Committee; 1st Term effective 1/25/18 * Jamie Russell -- to replace Jeff Wheeler on the representing OSJCC -; 1st term effective 1/28/18 ## Snapshot of Oregon's criminal justice work force and DPSST's professional standards activities ## Currently Certified law enforcement professionals in Oregon as of December 31, 2017: ?NLG?? Police 5,373 ?NLG?? Corrections 4,036 ?NLG?? Tele/EMD 898/861 ?NLG?? P & P 644 ?NLG?? OLCC 35 Criminal Justice Professional Standards Cases Opened by DPSST in 2017: ?NLG?? Police 96 ?NLG?? Corrections 118 ?NLG?? Tele/EMD 023 ?NLG?? P & P 011 ?NLG?? OLCC 001 ?NLG?? Instructor 001 Criminal Justice Professional Standards Cases Pending with DPSST as of December 31, 2017: ?NLG?? Police 68 ?NLG?? Corrections 84 ?NLG?? Tele/EMD 09 ?NLG?? P & P 05 ?NLG?? OLCC 02 ?NLG?? Instructor 00 Criminal Justice Professional Standards Cases Closed by DPSST in 2017: ?NLG?? Revoked 75 ?NLG?? Deny 00 ?NLG?? No Revoke 05 ?NLG?? No Deny 22 ?NLG?? No Action 134 ?NLG?? Suspended 01 The next meeting of the Board is scheduled for April 26, 2018. Board, and Policy Committee, meeting minutes can be found online at http://www.oregon.gov/DPSST/BD/pages/index.aspx # Background Information about the Board and Department # The Board consists of 24 members representing city, county and state public safety professionals representing each of the disciplines (police, fire, 9-1-1, corrections, private security), and a private citizen appointed by the Governor. The current Board Chair is Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff's Office. The Board includes administrators as well as non-management representatives from statewide organizations. The Board represents more than 40,000 public safety professionals and establishes minimum standards for the training and certification of city, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel,telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security/private investigator providers, and makes determinations on waiver requests. The Board is supported by six policy committees and a number of sub-committees representing the public safety disciplines, which provide technical expertise and serve as vital links to public safety organizations. The Board operates in close partnership with the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST). The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) implements minimum standards established by the Board for training and certification of city, county, tribal 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 20,000 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. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director of DPSST.