Topic: transparency

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the duties of the law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee, provide for a minimum of 800 classroom hours for a law-enforcement academy, clarify that the required classroom hours shall be accumulated on the basis of a full-time curricula, authorize the law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee to deny an application for the establishment of a new law-enforcement academy if it is determined that no need exists, require that a person seeking certification complete the approved law-enforcement training academy within 18 consecutive months of the commencement of employment as a law-enforcement officer, authorize extensions of such requirement, require graduates of state law-enforcement academies successfully complete an entry level law-enforcement examination promulgated by the law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee prior to certification, establish time frames for completion of training requirements, and make technical corrections.

The purpose of this bill is to create a Law-Enforcement Transparency Board authorized to receive complaints made against law-enforcement personnel and investigate and participate in the resolution of complaints filed by members of the public. The bill provides that these complaints shall be investigated and discipline, if any, shall be recommended to the appropriate oversight authority.

Relates to OGSR/Body Camera Recordings obtained by law enforcement officers,amends a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings obtained by lawenforcement officers under certain circumstances,abrogates the scheduled repeal of the exemption.

mandates written policy for each law enforcement agency in investigation of police-involved death,mandates that such indicent must be investigated by two investigators, neither of whom is employed by the law enforcement agency where the officer under investigation is employed.

Requires courts to compile and publish racial and other demographic data of all low-level offenses, including misdemeanors and violations. The bill also requires police departments to submit annual reports on arrest-related deaths to be submitted to the Department of Criminal Justice Services and to the governor and the Legislature. The legislation requires that the information contained in the report be made publicly available on the Office of Court Administration’s website and be updated monthly.