HB790:

Collective bargaining; law enforcement, transparency and accountability.

Bill Summary:

Collective bargaining; law enforcement; transparency
and accountability. Prohibits a county, city, or town from entering
into a collective bargaining contract with a labor union or other
employee association representing law-enforcement officers or employees
of a law-enforcement agency that (i) prevents the Attorney General
from seeking equitable relief against a law-enforcement agency engaging
in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct; (ii) includes
any stipulation that delays officer interviews or interrogations
after alleged wrongdoing for a set length of time; (iii) provides
officers with access to evidence before interviews or interrogations
about alleged wrongdoing; (iv) mandates the destruction or purging
of disciplinary records from personnel files after a set length of
time, or limits the consideration of disciplinary records in future
employment actions; (v) prohibits the interrogation, investigation,
or punishment of officers on the basis of alleged wrongdoing if a
set length of time has elapsed since its alleged occurrence, or since
the initiation of the investigation; (vi) prohibits supervisors from
interrogating, investigating, or disciplining officers on the basis
of anonymous civilian complaints; or (vii) requires arbitration of
disputes related to disciplinary penalties or termination.