ACPD

​Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities

The California Highway Patrol Department established under Government Code Section 19795(b) the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities (ACPD) to advise the Commissioner of issues of concern to the Department’s employees with disabilities and matters related to the formulation and implementation of the Department’s plan to ensure representation of persons with disabilities in its workforce commensurate with their representation in the state’s overall workforce.

The ACPD collaborates with the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer and the Equal Opportunity & Access Section in the following:

• • Assisting the Department in EEO planning regarding the employment of persons with disabilities within the Department, to include identifying best practices to recruit, hire, and retain persons with disabilities,
  • Supporting organizational culture to cultivate an inclusive workplace,
  • Promoting departmental awareness of accessibility and reasonable accommodation policies,
  • Identifying training needs and resources for managers and supervisors to increase sensitivity and awareness of issues relevant to persons with disabilities,
  • Assisting employees with disabilities in achieving career goals by providing guidance to internal and external resources such as newsletters,
  • Articulating concerns and perceptions expressed by persons within the disability community and employees with disabilities regarding applying to or working for the Department, and,
  • Reviewing the Department’s workforce data regarding hiring activities designed to achieve the representation of individuals with a disability to provide ongoing advice in the formulation and implementation of departmental plans to overcome and correct any underrepresentation as determined by the most current parity rate established by the California Department of Human Resources.

​ACPD Bylaws