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2021 FL S.P.B. 7064

Title - An act relating to public records

Law Number - 2021 FL S.P.B. 7064

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Relates to public records/investigations by the department of legal affairs,provides an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs and law enforcement agencies of certain data p...

Relates to public records/investigations by the department of legal affairs,provides an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs and law enforcement agencies of certain data privacy violations,provides for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption,provides a statement of public necessity.

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2021 FL S.P.B. 7064

Title - An act relating to public records

Law Number - 2021 FL S.P.B. 7064

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Relates to public records/investigations by the department of legal affairs,provides an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs and law enforcement agencies of certain data p...

Relates to public records/investigations by the department of legal affairs,provides an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs and law enforcement agencies of certain data privacy violations,provides for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption,provides a statement of public necessity.

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2021 DE S.B. 148

Title - AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC TRUST.

Law Number - 2021 DE S.B. 148

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Expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust's responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury,requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use o...

Expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust’s responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury,requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use of force, the report must include the race of the law enforcement officer who used force, the race of the individual on whom force was used, and whether race was a relevant or motivating factor.

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2021 DE S.B. 148

Title - AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC TRUST.

Law Number - 2021 DE S.B. 148

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Expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust's responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury,requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use o...

Expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust’s responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury,requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use of force, the report must include the race of the law enforcement officer who used force, the race of the individual on whom force was used, and whether race was a relevant or motivating factor.

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2021 NY S.B. 6760

Title - AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the civil rights law, and the family court act to allow access to sealed and protected records to civilian law enforcement oversight entities conducting investigations and disciplinary proceedings for misconduct by police and peace officers

Law Number - 2021 NY S.B. 6760

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Allows access to sealed and protected records to civilian law enforcement oversight entities conducting investigations and disciplinary proceedings for misconduct by police and peace officers.

2021 NY S.B. 6760

Title - AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the civil rights law, and the family court act to allow access to sealed and protected records to civilian law enforcement oversight entities conducting investigations and disciplinary proceedings for misconduct by police and peace officers

Law Number - 2021 NY S.B. 6760

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Allows access to sealed and protected records to civilian law enforcement oversight entities conducting investigations and disciplinary proceedings for misconduct by police and peace officers.

2021 FL S.B. 458

Title - An act relating to the use of force by law enforcement officers

Law Number - 2021 FL S.B. 458

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Relates to use of force by law enforcement officers.

2021 FL S.B. 458

Title - An act relating to the use of force by law enforcement officers

Law Number - 2021 FL S.B. 458

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Relates to use of force by law enforcement officers.

2021 LA H.B. 129

Title - AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2404.2(C) and to enact R.S. 15:1212.1(G) and R.S. 40:2401.2, 2401.3, 2404(12), and 2555, relative to peace officers,to provide relative to certain reporting requirements,to provide relative to the recruitment of certain peace officer candidates,to provide relative to certain training requirements,to provide for the implementation of disciplinary policies and procedures,to provide relative to investigations into certain peace officer conduct,and to provide for related matters.

Law Number - 2021 LA H.B. 129

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Provides relative to peace officers.

2021 CO H.B. 1250

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING MEASURES TO ADDRESS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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Concerns measures to address law enforcement accountability,makes an appropriation.

2021 CO H.B. 1250

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING MEASURES TO ADDRESS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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Concerns measures to address law enforcement accountability,makes an appropriation.

2021 CT S.B. 1093

Title - AN ACT CONCERNING CIVILIAN POLICE REVIEW BOARDS, SECURITY GUARDS, BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT, SEARCHES BY POLICE, LIMITATIONS ON OFFENSES SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC ERASURE, ENTICING A JUVENILE TO COMMIT A CRIME, LAWFUL ORDERS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND NOTICE TO A VICTIM CONCERNING AUTOMATIC ERASURE OF CRIMINAL RECORD HISTORY.

Law Number - 2021 CT S.B. 1093

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Provides explicit language for the objection to and enforcement of a subpoena issued by a civilian police review board, modifies provision concerning viewing by a police officer and his or representative of body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camer...

Provides explicit language for the objection to and enforcement of a subpoena issued by a civilian police review board, modifies provision concerning viewing by a police officer and his or representative of body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera footage, bans police officers decertified in other states from being licensed as a security guard, bans no-knock search warrants and modify police search statutes, and allows the court to draw adverse or unfavorable inferences in the case of a police officer’s deliberate failure to record an incident of use of force.

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