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2021 SESSION

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SB 1361 Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; person appointed shall be U.S. citizen, etc.

Introduced by: Bryce E. Reeves | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Provides that any person appointed to a law-enforcement civilian oversight body shall be a citizen of the United States, shall reside in the jurisdiction that he is appointed to serve, shall not have a criminal record, and shall be required to complete (i) a Citizen's Law Enforcement or Police Academy with a basic firearms instruction course conducted by an accredited law-enforcement agency and (ii) one daytime and one nighttime ride-along with each agency that serves under the authority of the locality. The bill requires at least two members of a law-enforcement civilian oversight body to have specialized knowledge in law-enforcement activities or operations. The bill provides that a law-enforcement civilian oversight body shall not have the authority to award or order financial restitution and requires the redaction of all personal identifying information for law-enforcement personnel from all public reports made by the law-enforcement civilian oversight body.


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