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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5029 Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties.

Introduced by: Delores L. McQuinn | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an excessive use of force; penalties. Requires that any law-enforcement officer who while in the performance of his official duties witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to engage in the use of excessive force, defined in the bill, against another person shall intervene, when such intervention is objectively reasonable and possible, to end the use of excessive force or attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive force. The bill also requires a law-enforcement officer to render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such use of excessive force. The bill requires a law-enforcement officer to report intervention or use of excessive force in accordance with his employing agency's policies for reporting misconduct. The bill provides that any law-enforcement officer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to disciplinary action.


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