Who Takes It: Employees that meet the following definition: the term “code enforcement officer” is a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified
SB 296 Code enforcement officers: safety standards.
Existing law defines the term “code enforcement officer” as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified.
829.5. (a) “Code enforcement officer” means any person who is employed by any governmental subdivision, public or quasi-public corporation, public agency, public service corporation, any town, city, county, or municipal corporation, whether incorporated or chartered, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, whose duties include enforcement of any statute, rule, regulation, or standard, and who is authorized to issue citations, or file formal complaints.
(b) “Code enforcement officer” also includes any person who is employed by the Department of Housing and Community Development who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements pursuant to the Employee Housing Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code); the State Housing Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code); the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code); the Mobile home Parks Act (Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code); and the Special Occupancy Parks Act (Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 18860) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code).
Class Length 1.5 – 3 Hours (longer classes allow time for role playing de-escalation scenarios.)
Topics
- Review code enforcement officer safety standards
- Types of threats (physical and verbal) – warning signs
- Identification of potentially dangerous situations
- Responses / Tactics to different types of threats
- Risk assessment, choosing the least restrictive intervention
- How to stay calm, cope with fear and anxiety, manage responses
- Verbal and nonverbal techniques to defuse a situation
- Safely disengage when risks escalate and skills to avoid injury
- Agency specific policy details
