{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-1029.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 1029.1","heading":"","body":"The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority shall complete a background investigation, using as guidelines standards defined by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, of any applicant for employment as a peace officer before the applicant may be employed or begin training as a peace officer. In order to reduce potential duplication of effort by individual institutions, investigations shall be accomplished by each department on a centralized or regional basis to the extent administratively feasible.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000. - 3599.84.]","CHAPTER 1. General [1000. - 1241.]","ARTICLE 2. Disqualifications for Office or Employment [1020. - 1044.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"049dd0ca77c5dd70d02b424a10dad6e34229137627753d2de2cf9b144641a685","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-1029","next":"us-ca/gov-1030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}