In an effort to provide technical guidance to partners across the state, the California Department of Justice (Department), upon occasion, issues information bulletins on a wide range of topics. Oftentimes, these bulletins follow changes in state laws, court precedent, regulations, or technology. Information bulletins are generally sent to local authorities, including law enforcement and agencies that use information systems maintained by the Department. The bulletins are typically issued by the Department’s California Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) and the Division of Law Enforcement (DLE). Recent bulletins issued by the Department are available below.
| 2023-DLE-10 |
Alert Regarding Threats Against Arab and Muslim Communities and Availability of Department of Justice Resources to Combat Hate Crimes |
| 2023-DLE-09 |
Legal Rights of the Public During Protests, Demonstrations, and Gatherings |
| 2023-DLE-07 |
Alert Regarding Threats Against Jewish Community and Availability of Department of Justice Resources to Combat Hate Crime |
| 2023-DLE-06 |
California Automated License Plate Reader Data Guidance |
| 2023-DLE-05 |
Adoption and Revision of Policies Regarding Senior and Disability Victimization, pdf |
| 2023-DLE-04 |
California Laws That Prohibit Hate Crimes and/or Provide Enhanced Penalties for Specified Hate-related Acts, pdf |
| 2023-DLE-03 |
Regarding the Prohibition on Eavesdropping and Recording Conversations Between Incarcerated People and Their Attorneys, Religious Advisors, and Physicians, pdf |
| 2023-DLE-02 |
Mandatory Consultation with Counsel Prior to Custodial Interrogations of Youth Under 18, pdf |
| 2023-DLE-01 |
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Nomination Process — Calendar Year 2022, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-19 |
Important Notice Re: Application of California’s Assault Weapon Laws to the “Fixed It For You Fixed Magazine Cage,” Also Known as the “FIFY”, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-17 |
New and Amended Firearms/Weapons Laws, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-16 |
Protecting California Voters on Election Day and During Early Voting, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-15 |
Access to Voting for Eligible Persons Under the Supervision of Probation Departments, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-14 |
Access to Voting for Eligible Person With a Criminal History or Who are Incarcerated, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-13 |
Recent Penal Code Amendments Prohibiting Law Enforcement from Cooperating with Other States’ Investigations of Abortions that are Legal in California, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-11 |
Enforcement of Tribal Court Protection Orders, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-10 |
Non-Extradition of Individuals Providing Care to Out-of-State Patients in California, or Other Persons in California Who Assist Out-Of-State Patients in Seeking Abortion Care in California, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-08 |
Gun Violence Reduction Program Grant for County Sheriff’s Departments with the State of California – 2022 Grant Cycle, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-07 |
Protecting California Voters on Election Day and During Early Voting, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-06 |
California Freedom of Access to Clinic and Church Entrances Act and the Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act
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| 2022-DLE-05 |
Protecting Tenants Against Unlawful Lockouts and Other “Self-Help Evictions", pdf |
| 2022-DLE-04 |
Clarification Regarding Law Enforcement Response to Trespass on Indian Lands, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-03 |
Clarification Regarding California’s Local Law Enforcement Use of DNA Databases, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-02 |
Important Notice to All California Licensed Firearm Dealers Re: Sale and Possession of Juggernaut Tactical’s “Featureless Series” Rifles—Including the F-9, F-10, and F-15 Rifles, pdf |
| 2022-DLE-01 |
Determination of “Deadly Weapon” in Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) Incidents as AB 1506 qualifying events, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-11 |
New and Amended Firearms/Weapons Laws, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-10 |
Gun Violence Reduction Program Grant for County Sheriff’s Departments with the State of California – Proposal Extension, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-09 |
2022 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Nomination Process — Calendar Year 2021, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-08 |
Update to Assignment of Firearms to Licensed Security Guards by Private Patrol Operators, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-07 |
Protecting California Voters on Election Day and During Early Voting, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-06 |
Announcing Gun Violence Reduction Program Grant for County Sheriff’s Departments with the State of California, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-05 |
California Laws That Prohibit Hate Crimes and/or Provide Enhanced Penalties for Specified Hate-related Acts, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-04 |
Harm Reduction Techniques for Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-03 |
Assembly Bill (AB) 1506 Definitions and Law Enforcement Agency’s Notification Responsibility, pdf |
| 2021-DLE-02 |
The Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Nomination Process, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-17 |
Reporting Obligations Under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-16 |
Protecting California Voters on Election Day and During Early Voting, pdf |
| 2020-BFS-03 |
New CAL-DNA Data Bank DNA Collection Kit, pdf |
| 2020-BFS-01 |
New Mandatory Deadlines for Law Enforcement Agencies and Public Crime Laboratories to Submit and Test Sexual Assault Evidence and Upload DNA Profiles to CODIS (Senate Bill 22), pdf |
| 2017-BFS-01 |
New Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Law Enforcement Agencies and Local Public Laboratories when Sexual Assault Evidence Kits are Collected: Use of DOJ SAFE-T Database (PC 680.3, AB 41), pdf |
| 2019-BOF-02 |
Gun Violence Restraining Order Process, pdf |
| 2019-BOF-01 |
New and Amended Firearms/Weapons Laws, pdf |
| 2018-BOF-03 |
Evidence and Crime Guns Automated Firearms System, pdf |
| 2018-BOF-01 |
New and Amended Firearms/Weapons Laws, pdf |
| 2017-BOF-01 |
Assignment of Firearms to Licensed Security Guards by Private Patrol Operators, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-14 |
System Integrity of the CalGang Database, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-12 |
Reminder regarding state-wide mandate requiring face coverings to control the spread of COVID-19, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-10 |
Reminder of Legislation Regarding Use of Deadly Force by Law Enforcement and Training and Policy Mandates effective January 1, 2021, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-08-1 |
Extended Deadline - The Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Nomination Process - Calendar Year 2019, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-08-1 |
Extended Deadline - The Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Award Nomination Form, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-08 |
The Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Nomination Process - Calendar Year 2019, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-08 |
The Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Award Nomination Form, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-07 |
Senate Bill No. 439: New Reporting Requirements for Administrative/Disciplinary Hearings Involving Wiretap Evidence, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-06 |
California Laws that Prohibit Hate Crimes and/or Provide Enhanced Penalties for Specified Hate-Related Acts, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-05 |
COVID-19 and Statutory Authority Under Government Code Section 8658, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-04 |
Executive Order N-37-20: Request for Sheriffs to Serve or Enforce a Writ of Possession, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-03 |
Vehicle Code § 22454 - Violation Notice - Overtaking a Schoolbus, pdf |
| 2020-DLE-01 |
Update to 2015-DLE-04: State and Federal Laws Protecting Immigrant Victims of Crime, pdf |
| 2019-DLE-08 |
AB 1985 - Hate Crimes Law Enforcement Policies, pdf |
| 2019-DLE-07 |
AB 2220 - Updated Assignment of Firearms Licenses Security Guards by PPO, pdf |
| 2019-DLE-06 |
Changes to Blood Alcohol/Toxicology Kits: Two Blood Tubes, pdf |
| 2019-DLE-04 |
SB 439 Compliance_Supercedes 2019-DLE-02 Information Bulletin, pdf |
| 2019-DLE-02 |
AB 3118 Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Reporting Requirements and Notice of Grant Funds, pdf |
| 2019-DLE-01 |
Preservation of Peace Office and Custodial Officer Records, pdf |
| 2018-DLE-05 |
Retention of Biological Evidence, pdf |
| 2018-DLE-04 |
Hate Crime Rapid Response Team Protocol for Deployment of Department of Justice Resources, pdf |
| 2018-DLE-03 |
California Laws That Prohibit Hate Crimes and/or Provide Enhanced Penalties for Specified Hate-Related Acts, pdf |
| 2018-DLE-02 |
People v. Buza (No. S223698) CA Supreme Court Decision, pdf |
| 2018-DLE-01 |
Responsibilities of Law Enforcement Agencies Under the California Values Act, California TRUST Act, and the California TRUTH Act Senate Bill 54, pdf |
| 2017-DLE-02 |
Announcing grant program for local enforcement of tobacco laws under proposition 56, pdf |
| 2017-DLE-01 |
Law Enforcement Obligations for Implementing Senate Bill 1322 and Protecting Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, pdf |
| 2016-DLE-04 |
Probation Officer Obligations for Probation Youth in Foster Care, pdf |
| 2016-DLE-03 |
Enforcement of Tribal Court Protection Orders, pdf |
| 2016-DLE-02 |
California Criminal Laws That Prohibit Hate Crimes and/or Provide Enhanced Penalties for Specified Hate-Related Acts, pdf |
| 2016-DLE-01 |
Protections for Tenants and Other Occupants During Post-Foreclosure Evictions, as Found in The California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR), pdf |
| 2015-DLE-06 |
Citizens’ Complaints Against Peace Officers, pdf |
| 2015-DLE-05 |
Use of Force Incident Reporting, pdf |
| 2015-DLE-04 |
New and Existing State and Federal Laws Protecting Immigrant Victims of Crime, pdf |
| 2015DLE-03 |
Assistance to Local Law Enforcement Agencies in Combatting Cyber Exploitation under New and Existing California Laws, pdf |
| 2015-DLE-02 |
Collection of DNA Database Samples from Adult Felony Arrestees Pursuant to CA Penal Code Section 296, pdf |
| 2015-DLE-01 |
New and Amended Campus Safety Laws/ Points of Collaboration between Campus Personnel and Law Enforcement, pdf |
