Steve Cassano voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes Independent Inspector General to Investigate Police Shootings and Illegal Uses of Force
Signed by Governor Ned Lamont
Title: Establishes Independent Inspector General to Investigate Police Shootings and Illegal Uses of Force
Vote to pass a bill that establishes an independent inspector general to investigate police shootings and illegal uses of force.
Requires all police officers in Connecticut sworn in after this bill’s passage, to be certified by the newly-established Police Officer Standards and Training Council within one year of their appointment (Sec. 1).
Establishes that Section 1 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 1).
Requires the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to (Sec. 3):
Develop and periodically update and revise police training plans;
Approve or revoke any state or municipal police training schools;
Set the minimum courses of study and attendance for police training schools;
Set the minimum qualifications for instructors and issue appropriate certifications;
Require police officers to undergo a urinary test for controlled substances; and
Develop a periodic behavioral health assessment for officers by January 1, 2021.
Establishes that Section 3 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 3).
Requires police officers to undergo recertification as determined by the council (Sec. 4).
Establishes that Section 4 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 4).
Requires officers to undergo cultural competency, sensitivity & bias-free policing training, and implicit bias training (Sec. 7).
Establishes that Section 7 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 7).
Requires police departments that serve communities of color to submit a report to the council on their community’s efforts to recruit, retain, and promote officers of color (Sec. 10).
Establishes that Section 10 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 10).
Establishes a task force to study strategies on (Sec. 12):
How to recruit more officers of color;
How to recruit more female officers;
Regulations regarding traffic violations; and
How an officer should execute a warrant to enter a residence without giving audible notice that an officer is present.
Requires the task force to submit their findings to the General Assembly by December 31, 2021 (Sec. 12).
Establishes that Section 12 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 12).
Requires officers to show their badge without covering their badge number and name (Sec. 14).
Establishes that Section 14 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 14).
Requires police departments to administer a periodic behavioral health assessment to all of their officers at least once every five years (Sec. 16).
Establishes that Section 16 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 16).
Requires police officers to wear body cameras, and their cars to have dashboard cameras (Sec. 19).
Establishes that Section 19 takes effect on July 1, 2022 (Sec. 19).
Prohibits the consent of a person given to an officer to search a person, from counting as justification for conducting a search (Sec. 22).
Establishes that Section 22 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 22).
Establishes that making a discriminatory false police report on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sex, or sexual orientation is a class C felony (Sec. 24).
Establishes that Section 24 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 24).
Requires police officers to intervene when another officer is unlawfully using force, otherwise they will potentially be prosecuted for any of the same crimes (Sec. 30).
Establishes that Section 30 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 30).
Establishes the Office of the Inspector General in the Division of Criminal Justice, which has the following powers (Sec. 33):
Conducting investigations of peace officers;
Prosecuting any case in which the Inspector General determines an officer used illegal force; and
Making recommendations to the Training Council concerning censure, suspension, renewal, cancellation, or revocation of an officer’s certification.
Establishes that the General Assembly must confirm the Inspector General (Sec. 33).
Establishes that Section 33 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 33).
Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate cases where someone died as a result of a police-involved shooting (Sec. 34).
Establishes that Section 34 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 34).
Requires the Medical Examiner to investigate any death that occurs in police custody (Sec. 36).
Establishes that Section 36 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 36).
Establishes that governmental immunity can only be a defense to a claim for damages when an officer has an objectively reasonable belief that their conduct did not violate the law (Sec. 41).
Establishes that Section 41 takes effect on July 1, 2021 (Sec. 41).
Title: Establishes Independent Inspector General to Investigate Police Shootings and Illegal Uses of Force
Vote to pass a bill that establishes an independent inspector general to investigate police shootings and illegal uses for forces.
Requires all police officers in Connecticut sworn in after this bill’s passage, to be certified by the newly-established Police Officer Standards and Training Council within one year of their appointment (Sec. 1).
Establishes that Section 1 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 1).
Requires the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to (Sec. 3):
Develop and periodically update and revise police training plans;
Approve or revoke any state or municipal police training schools;
Set the minimum courses of study and attendance for police training schools;
Set the minimum qualifications for instructors and issue appropriate certifications;
Require police officers to undergo a urinary test for controlled substances; and
Develop a periodic behavioral health assessment for officers by January 1, 2021.
Establishes that Section 3 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 3).
Requires police officers to undergo recertification as determined by the council (Sec. 4).
Establishes that Section 4 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 4).
Requires officers to undergo cultural competency, sensitivity & bias-free policing training, and implicit bias training (Sec. 7).
Establishes that Section 7 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 7).
Requires police departments that serve communities of color to submit a report to the council on their community’s efforts to recruit, retain, and promote officers of color (Sec. 10).
Establishes that Section 10 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 10).
Establishes a task force to study strategies on (Sec. 12):
How to recruit more officers of color;
How to recruit more female officers;
Regulations regarding traffic violations; and
How an officer should execute a warrant to enter a residence without giving audible notice that an officer is present.
Requires the task force to submit their findings to the General Assembly by December 31, 2021 (Sec. 12).
Establishes that Section 12 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 12).
Requires officers to show their badge without covering their badge number and name (Sec. 14).
Establishes that Section 14 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 14).
Requires police departments to administer a periodic behavioral health assessment to all of their officers at least once every five years (Sec. 16).
Establishes that Section 16 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 16).
Requires police officers to wear body cameras, and their cars to have dashboard cameras (Sec. 19).
Establishes that Section 19 takes effect on July 1, 2022 (Sec. 19).
Prohibits the consent of a person given to an officer to search a person, from counting as justification for conducting a search (Sec. 22).
Establishes that Section 22 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 22).
Establishes that making a discriminatory false police report on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sex, or sexual orientation is a class C felony (Sec. 24).
Establishes that Section 24 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 24).
Requires police officers to intervene when another officer is unlawfully using force, otherwise they will potentially be prosecuted for any of the same crimes (Sec. 30).
Establishes that Section 30 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 30).
Establishes the Office of the Inspector General in the Division of Criminal Justice, which has the following powers (Sec. 33):
Conducting investigations of peace officers;
Prosecuting any case in which the Inspector General determines an officer used illegal force; and
Making recommendations to the Training Council concerning censure, suspension, renewal, cancellation, or revocation of an officer’s certification.
Establishes that the General Assembly must confirm the Inspector General (Sec. 33).
Establishes that Section 33 takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 33).
Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate cases where someone died as a result of a police-involved shooting (Sec. 34).
Establishes that Section 34 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 34).
Requires the Medical Examiner to investigate any death that occurs in police custody (Sec. 36).
Establishes that Section 36 takes effect on October 1, 2020 (Sec. 36).
Establishes that governmental immunity can only be a defense to a claim for damages when an officer has an objectively reasonable belief that their conduct did not violate the law (Sec. 41).
Establishes that Section 41 takes effect on July 1, 2021 (Sec. 41).
Title: Establishes Independent Inspector General to Investigate Police Shootings and Illegal Uses of Force