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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5134 Law-enforcement officers; duty to intervene and report unlawful use of force.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Law-enforcement officers; duty to intervene and report unlawful use of force. Requires a law-enforcement officer who witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to engage in the unlawful use of force against another person to intervene, when such intervention is feasible, to end the unlawful use or attempted unlawful use of force or to prevent the further unlawful use of force and to report such incident to his agency. The bill also provides that a law-enforcement officer shall render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such unlawful use of force. The bill states that, in addition to any other penalty authorized by law, a violation is grounds for disciplinary action against the law-enforcement officer, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer of the law-enforcement officer.

FULL TEXT

• 08/25/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20200073D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 08/25/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20200073D
• 08/25/20  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 11/09/20  House: Left in Courts of Justice