HB1000:

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements of members.

Bill Summary:

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements.
Requires every member appointed to a locality's law-enforcement civilian
oversight body to observe a law-enforcement officer employed with
such locality's law-enforcement agency while such law-enforcement
officer is engaged in his official duties. The bill also provides
that any disciplinary determination recommended by a law-enforcement
civilian oversight body shall be advisory and that if any law-enforcement
agency declines to implement such recommendation, such agency shall
create and make available to the public within 30 days from the date
such recommendation is reported to such agency a written public record
of its rationale for declining to implement such recommendation.
The bill requires that such observation take place within 90 days
of the member's appointment to the civilian oversight body and total
no fewer than 24 hours, a portion of which includes a ride-along with
a law-enforcement officer. The bill also requires each law-enforcement
civilian oversight body to include at least one retired law-enforcement
officer as a voting member; under current law, a retired law-enforcement
officer may serve on such body as an advisory, nonvoting ex officio
member.