California DUI Defense · Officer Lookup
Before you cross the DUI officer, know where they were certified — and where else they have worked.
California officer records run on certification, not complaint files: Officer Lookup returns the arresting officer's CA POST and CDCR peace-officer certification and employment history — including the agency-to-agency moves and separation reasons worth flagging — published via the National Police Index and updated in 2026, every entry cited to the underlying public record. Free preview live now; $147 for the full source-cited brief.
Certification and employment history are cross-examination foundation.
A California DUI case (Veh. Code § 23152) turns on the arresting officer's training and judgment at the stop and on the field-sobriety tests. Whether the officer is currently POST-certified, and whether they have moved between agencies, is foundation a defender can lay before cross — the officer who leaves one agency and is hired by another, with a separation reason on the record, is a pattern worth checking.
The CA POST and CDCR certification and employment record is public under the California Public Records Act, but assembling it per officer is its own task. Officer Lookup returns it in one search and cites every row to the record it came from, so the output works as exhibit foundation, not a tip.
- CA POST + CDCR certification + employment historypeace-officer certification status and agency-by-agency employment history with separation reasons, public under the California Public Records Act and published via the National Police Index — certification history, not internal-affairs complaint files. The published export carries no POST decertification field; SB 2 decertification status is confirmed with CA POST directly (the paid brief maps that demand path)
This is certification and employment history, not a finding of misconduct or an internal-affairs file. Entries are source-backed leads for attorney review, not Brady/Giglio determinations. The per-agency SB 1421 / SB 16 personnel records are a separate records-demand layer the paid brief routes to. Coverage is California and six other live jurisdictions — not all 50 states. All data is drawn from the named public source.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the officer record show in this state?
- Peace-officer certification and employment history — the agencies the officer has worked for, dates, separations, and any certification status changes, obtained under the state's public-records law and published via the National Police Index. It is certification/employment history, not a civilian-complaint or internal-affairs file.
- Why does that matter for my case?
- A short-tenure pattern of separations across agencies, a separation under inquiry, or a certification lapse is a legitimate line for cross-examination of the officer whose stop, search, and report the State's case rests on. You apply your professional judgment to what the record supports.
- Is this a finding of misconduct?
- No. The certification and employment record is a source-backed lead cited to the public record, for attorney review — not a Brady/Giglio determination and not a finding of misconduct.
- How much does it cost?
- The officer search is a free preview. The full source-cited report for a named officer is $147, with a 7-day refund if it is not usable.