Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

32010.17 Supervisory and Managerial Training

• CSMP

  • Newly appointed Correctional Sergeants assigned to an adult institution shall complete 120 hours of combined training and job shadowing before assuming a post.

    • Eighty hours of in-classroom training shall be provided by the ALI or its designee.

    • 40 hours of either job shadowing or in-classroom training shall be provided locally.

    • Mentors are required to be certified as a mentor by the ALI.

    • Mentors can either be experienced correctional sergeants or correctional lieutenants.

• Non-institutional Correctional Sergeants

  • Correctional Sergeants assigned to program areas other than adult institutions (i.e. Headquarters, OIAOffice of Internal Affairs, BCOA, etc.) are not required to participate in the CSMP.

  • These positions are required to complete 80 hours of training upon initial appointment but no later than the end of their probationary period to satisfy GCGovernment Code section 19995.4 (b).

  • Sergeants who are newly assigned to an institutional position from a non-institutional position shall be provided 40 hours of job shadowing and enrolled in the CSMP.

  • CSMP training requirements may be postponed due to critical operational needs. Postponement approval shall be provided by no lower than the respective Associate Director within the Division of Adult Institutions and communicated to the POSEDPeace Officer Selection and Development Deputy Director or designee.

• All first-line supervisors shall complete 80 hours of initial supervisory training within 6 months of appointment, but no later than the term of the probationary period, pursuant to the GCGovernment Code sections 19995.4(b) and (c).

• All second-line managers shall complete 40 hours of initial managerial training within 12 months of appointment, pursuant to GCGovernment Code section 19995.4(d).

• Those staff appointed to a Career Executive Appointment (CEACareer Executive Assignment) position shall complete 20 hours of initial training pursuant to GCGovernment Code section 19995.4(e).

• All supervisors, managers, and CEAs shall complete 20 hours of leadership training and development biennially, pursuant to GCGovernment Code section 19995.4(c), (d), and (e).

• All supervisors, managers, and CEAs shall complete at least 2 hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment prevention within 6 months of assuming the position and every 2 years thereafter, pursuant to GCGovernment Code section 12950.1.