California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command: agreements with state and local agencies

The law creates a controlled process for adding law-enforcement capacity for the Games while requiring California oversight, training, and operating rules.

What the law does ​

• Requires the Office of Emergency Services to make agreements with California and out-of-state agencies for temporary personnel, training, cooperation, and resource sharing.
• Limits out-of-state deployments to no more than 120 days and to Games-related duties such as maintaining public order, protecting life and property, responding to police calls, investigating crime, and enforcing laws.
• Requires out-of-state officers to meet home-agency selection standards, receive Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training authorization and Games-specific training, and comply with California peace-officer rules.
• Requires written agreements covering command, supervision, operational control, liability, training, and reporting, with deployed officers under California agency command.
• Allows the Director of Emergency Services or a designee to swear in and deputize qualified out-of-state officers for their temporary Games assignments.
• Requires a report by January 1, 2029, on out-of-state deployments, use-of-force incidents, misconduct matters, training or compliance issues, and legislative recommendations.
• Repeals the temporary out-of-state peace-officer authority and streamlined training program on January 1, 2029.

Who it affects ​

• California local law-enforcement agencies receiving temporary support for the Games.
• Qualified out-of-state law-enforcement officers assigned to assist in California.
• The Office of Emergency Services and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Context ​

California officers remain the preferred source of Games law-enforcement personnel; out-of-state officers may only augment available California resources.