Throughout their service on the board, PAB representatives and staff receive ongoing training and professional development regarding the civilian oversight field, police procedures, relevant legal issues, impartiality, the confidential nature of police misconduct investigations and discipline and current campus and community safety reform efforts. Continuing education, training and professional development opportunities for the PAB are organized by the Director of Campus Climate and Inclusion Initiatives in the Office of Campus and Community Relations/DEI.

All PAB representatives are required to attend three orientation sessions upon joining the board.

• PAB members receive information from the Director of Campus Climate and Inclusion Initiatives in the Office of Campus and Community Relations/DEI on the PAB’s history, charge, activities, board composition and administrative structure, data and public reporting and current campus and community safety initiatives; this training also provides a primer to civilian oversight of university police.
• PAB external counsel reviews the PAB’s Bylaws, Procedures, Code of Ethics and Confidentiality Agreement.
• A representative from the UCDPD presents on Police Department policies, procedures and practices, including search and seizure and use of force.

The PAB invites speakers to present during regularly scheduled board meetings on local programs and initiatives relevant to civilian oversight and campus-community safety at UC Davis. The PAB also holds an institutional membership with the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE), and NACOLE trainings are made available to PAB representatives and staff as part of their continuing education and professional development. The PAB Annual Report lists the presentations and trainings that the PAB participated in during each reporting period. 

Below are some selected resources and training materials from previous PAB trainings:

Hate Crimes

California Penal Code sections on hate crimes:

• 422.55 (definition of a hate crime)
• 422.56 (definitions section)
• 422.6 (basic hate crime law)

Federal Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)

Freedom of Expression

Balancing First Amendment Rights with an Inclusive Environment on Public University Campuses –Minnesota Law Review, Volume 101, Issue 5

Police Officer Standards and Training (POST)

Did You Know? - "Procedural Justice" 

Did You Know? - "Procedural Justice: Immigrant Communities"

Did You Know? - "Mental Health"

Did You Know? - "School Violence"

National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE)

The PAB is an institutional member of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE). PAB representatives and staff are invited to participate in NACOLE trainings, including webinars and an annual conference, and afterwards brief the board.