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AN ACT TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO CONTACT THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WHEN THERE IS AN OFFICER-INVOLVED DEATH, INVOLVING ONE OF ITS OFFICERS,TO REQUIRE THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO INVESTIGATE SUCH OFFICER-INVOLVED DEATHS,TO REQUIRE THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO PROVIDE THE RESULTS OF SUCH INVESTIGATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE GRAND JURY,TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO, IF RESULTS REQUIRE PRESENTATION BEFORE THE GRAND JURY, TO APPOINT A DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO PRESENT THE EVIDENCE TO THE GRAND JURY,TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 45-1-6 AND 99-19-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 45-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL,TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-31-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE IMPANELING OF THE GRAND JURY, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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Requires law enforcement agencies to contact the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation when there is an officer involved death, involving one of its officers,requires the bureau of investigation to investigate such officer involved deaths,requires the bureau of investigation to provide the results of such investigation to the attorney general,requires the attorney general to determine whether the results of the investigation should be presented to the grand jury.