HB110:

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; removes the authority of a locality to establish.

Bill Summary:

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Removes the
authority of a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body.
Under current law, law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies may (i) receive,
investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct
of law-enforcement officers and civilian employees; (ii) investigate and issue
findings on incidents, including the use of force by a law-enforcement officer,
death or serious injury to any person held in custody, serious abuse of
authority or misconduct, allegedly discriminatory stops, and other incidents
regarding the conduct of law-enforcement officers or civilian employees; (iii)
make binding disciplinary determinations in cases that involve serious breaches
of departmental and professional standards; (iv) investigate policies,
practices, and procedures of law-enforcement agencies and make recommendations
regarding changes to such policies, practices, and procedures; (v) review all
investigations conducted internally by law-enforcement agencies and issue
findings regarding the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of such
investigations and the sufficiency of any discipline resulting from such
investigations; (vi) request reports of the annual expenditures of
law-enforcement agencies and make budgetary recommendations; (vii) make public
reports on the activities of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body; and
(viii) undertake any other duties as reasonably necessary for the law-enforcement
civilian oversight body to effectuate its lawful purpose to effectively oversee
the law-enforcement agencies as authorized by the locality.