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2008 SESSION
(SB76)AMENDMENT(S) REJECTED BY THE SENATE
SEN. CUCCINELLI (WITHDRAWN)
1. Line 23, substitute, after representation.
insert
Such attorney or other representative, and the obtaining thereof, shall not delay the questioning or other request for information of the officer under this section. Neither counsel nor other representative, if used, shall serve on behalf of an officer in an investigation in which such counsel or other representative is a witness of fact in the investigation.
SEN. CUCCINELLI (WITHDRAWN)
2. Line 31, substitute, after investigation.
strike
remainder of line 31 and all of line 32
insert
In the event that the chief law-enforcement officer, or his designee, determines that the preservation of public safety requires immediate disclosure of information from a law-enforcement officer following a particular incident, then such officer shall be provided his rights against self incrimination, including that anything he says may be used against him in a criminal proceeding, that he has the right to refuse to answer if the disclosure would tend to incriminate him, and that failure to answer will not be used as a reason to remove him from his law-enforcement position and the 24-hour notice period in this subsection shall be waived.