The Telecommunications Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training (BPSST or Board) held its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on February 6, 2019.  The meeting was held in the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh Boardroom at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem, Oregon. 

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.

Minutes of November 7, 2018 Meeting - Approved

Review of Proposed Changed to Policy Committee Bylaws - Approved

Proposed Rule Changes for OAR 259-008-0070; Criminal Justice Moral Fitness Workgroup Recommendations, Part One - Approved

Overview of Changes to Professional Standards Case - Reported Received

Hall, Samantha DPSST #59027; Application for Training and Subsequent Certification – Medix Ambulance - Committee will recommend that no action is warranted by the Board. (Note actions listed below are not final and parties involved in professional standards cases may request a contested case hearing in front of an administrative law judge.)

The next Telecommunications Policy Committee meeting will be held on May 1, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

## 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 45,000 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.