Amends and adds to existing law to provide standards of training, education and certification of emergency communications officers.

The purpose of this bill is to set up a structure that will allow for the certification of emergency communications officers by the Peace Officer's Standards and Training Council (POST). Currently, no standardized training or hiring standard is required of these individuals. Emergency communications officers deal daily with life or death matters in a rapidly evolving and highly stressful environment. They must be familiar with highly complex information and work with highly expensive equipment. They are the lifeline for our first responders and citizenry. The bill gives ample time for compliance with the training, and most current officers will not be required to obtain training as they already will be in compliance with the training or have experience that mirrors the training. The training may be obtained online or through a POST basic dispatch academy.