Policy Text
Policy Delano Police Department
335 Delano PD Policy Manual
Mandatory Employer Notification
335.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this policy is to describe the requirements and procedures to follow when a
public or private school employee (teacher and non-teacher) has been arrested under certain
circumstances.
335.2 MANDATORY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ARREST REPORTING
In the event a school employee is arrested for any offense enumerated below, the Chief of Police
or his/her designee is required to report the arrest as follows.
335.2.1 ARREST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
In the event a public school teacher is arrested for any controlled substance offense enumerated
in Health and Safety Code § 11590 or Health and Safety Code § 11364, in so far as that section
relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(12), or for any of the offenses enumerated in Penal
Code § 290, Penal Code § 261(a) or Education Code § 44010, the Chief of Police or his/her
designee is mandated to immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of the school district
employing the teacher and to immediately give written notice of the arrest to the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing and to the superintendent of schools in the county where the person is
employed (Health and Safety Code § 11591; Penal Code § 291).
335.2.2 ARREST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL NON-TEACHER EMPLOYEE
In the event a public school non-teacher employee is arrested for any controlled substance offense
enumerated in Health and Safety Code § 11590 or Health and Safety Code § 11364, in so far
as that section relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(12), or for any of the offenses
enumerated in Penal Code § 290, Penal Code § 261(a) or Education Code § 44010, the Chief of
Police or his/her designee is mandated to immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of
the school district employing the non-teacher and to immediately give written notice of the arrest
to the governing board of the school district employing the person (Health and Safety Code §
11591; Penal Code § 291).
335.2.3 ARREST OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER
In the event a private school teacher is arrested for any controlled substance offense enumerated
in Health and Safety Code § 11590 or Health and Safety Code § 11364, in so far as that
section relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(12), or for any of the offenses enumerated
in Penal Code § 290 or Education Code § 44010, the Chief of Police or his/her designee is
mandated to immediately notify by telephone the private school authority employing the teacher
and to immediately give written notice of the arrest to the private school authority employing the
teacher (Health and Safety Code § 11591; Penal Code § 291.1).
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