Policy Text
Policy
372Mountain View Police Department
Mountain View PD Policy Manual
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DepartmentMandatory School Employee Reporting - 1Mandatory School Employee Reporting
372.1 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.
372.2 MANDATORY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ARREST REPORTING
In the event a school employee is arrested for any controlled substance offense enumerated
in Health & Safety Code § 11590, 11364, in so far as that section relates to paragraph (12) of
subdivision (d) of Health and Safety Code § 11054, or for any of the offenses enumerated in Penal
Code § 290 or in subdivision 1 of Penal Code § 291 or Education Code § 44010, the Police Chief
or his/her designee is required to immediately report the arrest as follows:
372.2.1 ARREST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
Upon arrest for one of the above sections, the Police Chief 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.
372.2.2 ARREST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL NON-TEACHER EMPLOYEE
Upon arrest for one of the above sections, the Police Chief 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.
372.2.3 ARREST OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER
Upon arrest for one of the above sections, the Police Chief 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.
372.2.4 ARREST OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
Upon the arrest of a community college teacher or instructor for any offense listed in Penal Code §
290 or any offense listed in subdivision (1) of Penal Code § 261, the Police Chief or the authorized
designee is mandated to immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of the community
college district employing the person, and shall immediately give written notice of the arrest to the
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (Penal Code § 291.5).