The district is authorized to maintain a suitable security force comprised of transit police officers and security guards. Persons designated as transit police officers are peace officers pursuant to Section 830.33 of the Penal Code. The district shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code in the recruitment and training of its transit police officers. Every transit police officer employed by the district shall conform to the standards for peace officers of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and the commanding officer of the unit shall, not later than July 1, 1979, (1) have at least 10 years of active law enforcement experience in a capacity of employment requiring peace officer status and (2) have met the requirements for the advanced certificate of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, (3) have attended a POST-approved law enforcement management course, and (4) have an associate of arts degree or higher. Any such officer who fails to conform to such standards by July 1, 1979, shall not continue to have the powers of a peace officer.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1165, Sec. 47.)