Administration of Justice Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes

MEETING DATE: 10/06/2026

1. Call to Order

2. Welcome and Introductions

Cheryl Mackey, Linda Vaughn, Austin Hutson, Darryl McAllister, Mike McQuiston, Chief Victor Fox, Chief Jeramy Young, Tamara Scott, Sal Giambona, Anne Kennedy

New Members - Tamara Scott, Alameda County Probation Department
Chief Victor Fox, Dublin PD 
Sal Giambona, Criminal Defense Attorney 

3. Review & Approve Prior Minutes

Motion to approve the minutes from November 18, 2024, Linda Vaughn, 2nd Austin Hutson. Motion approved.

4. Reports

1. Legislative Updates
   Linda Vaughn reported on the most recent legislative updates including:
   -EDCO new reporting requirements regarding Credit for Learning (information in her recent newsletter
   -Title II ADA requirements; 100% ADA compliant by April 2027  (Canvas, digital course materials)
   -Information from Chancellor's Office about Workforce Pell Grants. Potentially beneficial for dispatch and probation programs.
   -AB1728-Common Course numbering- implementation phase created by 2028.  
   -Bachelor's degrees: CSU's can no longer block us from offering them if their their courses or programs are impacted
   - AI requirements in police reports.  Mike McQuiston With regards to Artificial Intelligence, the POST recently released guidelines for law enforcement. Document available on their website. 
   -First Responder Pathway - a course that introduces students to all types of careers in public saftey. 2yr grant to develop this pilot course. 
   

5. Discussion Items

1. Pathway to Law School 

   Cal LAW Pathways -95 partner schools incuding 23 high school law academies, 36 Community Colleges, 20 4-year institutions and 16 law schools. 
   Significant benefits for students-
   -Clear pathway to community college to law school  2yrs at CC, 2yrs at a 4 year and 3 years at law school.
   -Law school application fees waved
   Benefits to LPC- strengthens our academic reputation, expands transfer opportunities of students, enhances the Administration of Justice Program.
   Requires 7 Courses at our level. We already have six.  The only class we would need to add is the Law and Democracy course. Already written and in the curriculum system. 
   Proposed Pre-Law Studies Certificate of Achievement - 25 units with 7 required courses  and some additional courses for students to choose. 
   Stackable certificate on the way to transfer. 
   To participate we need to complete the application. $5000 annual fee. CTE funds will pay for this for now.
   
   
2. Probation Certificate
   Partnership started by Dean McQuiston with the Alameda County Probation Department. We are doing the JIO STC training. We will be holding here at LPC beginning February 1, 2027. 168 hours of training . Open to ALCO Probation staff, staff from other agencies and LPC students. 
   We would like to offer two certificates for the JIO training.
   Non-credit- 7 units , 2 course certificate, free/low cost, no grades
   Credit - 30 units, 10 course certificate, STC Training, GEs & AJ courses.
   Will satisfy one of the minimum quals for ACPD JIO - the education requirement. 
   FInancial Aid elegibility, Pathway to AJ Degree - some course crossover
3. Public Safety Dispatcher Certificate
   Serious Dispatcher shortage. Looking to create a strong local training pipeline to support agency workforce needs and give our students a direct pathway into dispatch roles. POST requires 160 -hour Public Safety Dispatchers Basic Course.  POST-particpating Agency - Livermore Police Department agrees to be the Host Agency. 
   Create a Certificate of 16 units.

6. Action Items

1. Motion to approve the Pre-Law Certificate of Achievement, Austin Hutson. 2nd, Darryl McAllister.  Motion approved. 
   
   
2. Motion to approve moving forward with the Probation Non-Credit and Credit Certificates Sal Giambona. 2nd Darryl McAllister. Motion approved. 
3. Motion to approve moving forward with the development and offering of a POST-certified Public Safety Dispatchers’ Academy in partnership with the Livermore Police Department, providing both the POST Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course Certification and Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Certification. Furthermore, the Advisory Board supports the development of a Public Safety Dispatcher College Certificate that integrates the dispatcher academy coursework with related academic courses to enhance professional development and career advancement opportunities for current public safety personnel as well as self-sponsored students seeking entry into the field.  Linda Vaughn, 2nd Austin Hutson.  Motion approved. 

7. Good of the Order

8. Adjournment 

 

Next meeting: TBD