Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws
Signed by Governor Charlie Baker
Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws
Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws
Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that amends various police accountability and reform laws.
Establishes the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST) to (Sec. 3.28):
Determine whether an applicant has met the standards for certification;
Establish minimum standards for internal agency review of complaints of officer-involved injuries or deaths and recommends to the commission retraining, suspending or revoking officer certification to ensure consistency across agencies;
Establish a physical and psychological fitness evaluation to ensure officers are able to perform essential job duties; and
Identify patterns of unprofessional police conduct.
Specifies that the POST commission shall have 9 members, consisting of the following, including (Sec. 3.28):
3 member appointed by the governor;
3 members appointed by law enforcement agencies;
A retired police chief;
A retired justice of a superior court; and
A social worker appointed from a list of 5 nominees
Requires there to be a permanent commission on the status of Afican Americans that does the following (Sec. 72):
Each member will serve a term of three years and until a successor is appointed;
The commission shall be a resource to the commonwealth on issues affecting African americans and ensure that laws and policies are equitably beneficial for African Americans; and
Give an annual report with results of its findings and activities from the preceding year to the governor.
Prohibits law enforcement officers, with the exception of preventing imminent harm to a person, to use the following types of physical force when pursuing a person (Sec. 14):
Can not use deadly force upon a person;
Can not use the chokehold form; and
Shall not discharge any firearm into or at fleeing motor vehicles.
Requires any officer present and observing another officer using physical force mentioned above, to intervene to prevent the use of unreasonable force (Sec. 15).
Prohibits any public agency to acquire, possess, access, or use any biometric system (Sec. 220).
Authorizes public agencies to have access to the following (Sec. 26):
Personal electronic devices that use facial recognition technology for the sole purpose of user authentication;
Automated video or image redaction software that does not have capability of performing facial recognition or other biometric recognition; or
Evidence related to investigation of a crime from a biometric surveillance system as long as evidence was not knowingly solicited or obtained with the assistance of a public agency or official.
Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws
Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill that amends various police accountability and reform laws.
Establishes the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST) to (Sec. 3.28):
Determine whether an applicant has met the standards for certification;
Establish minimum standards for internal agency review of complaints of officer-involved injuries or deaths and recommends to the commission retraining, suspending or revoking officer certification to ensure consistency across agencies;
Establish a physical and psychological fitness evaluation to ensure officers are able to perform essential job duties; and
Identify patterns of unprofessional police conduct.
Specifies that the POST commission shall have 9 members, consisting of the following, including (Sec. 3.28):
3 member appointed by the governor;
3 members appointed by law enforcement agencies;
A retired police chief;
A retired justice of a superior court; and
A social worker appointed from a list of 5 nominees
Requires there to be a permanent commission on the status of Afican Americans that does the following (Sec. 72):
Each member will serve a term of three years and until a successor is appointed;
The commission shall be a resource to the commonwealth on issues affecting African americans and ensure that laws and policies are equitably beneficial for African Americans; and
Give an annual report with results of its findings and activities from the preceding year to the governor.
Prohibits law enforcement officers, with the exception of preventing imminent harm to a person, to use the following types of physical force when pursuing a person (Sec. 14):
Can not use deadly force upon a person;
Can not use the chokehold form; and
Shall not discharge any firearm into or at fleeing motor vehicles.
Requires any officer present and observing another officer using physical force mentioned above, to intervene to prevent the use of unreasonable force (Sec. 15).
Prohibits any public agency to acquire, possess, access, or use any biometric system (Sec. 220).
Authorizes public agencies to have access to the following (Sec. 26):
Personal electronic devices that use facial recognition technology for the sole purpose of user authentication;
Automated video or image redaction software that does not have capability of performing facial recognition or other biometric recognition; or
Evidence related to investigation of a crime from a biometric surveillance system as long as evidence was not knowingly solicited or obtained with the assistance of a public agency or official.
Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws
Requires there to be a permanent commission on the status of Afican Americans that does the following:
Each member will serve a term of three years and until a successor is appointed;
The commission shall be a resource to the commonwealth on issues affecting African americans and ensure that laws and policies are equitably beneficial for African Americans; and
Give an annual report with results of its findings and activities from the preceding year to the governor (Sec 72).
Prohibits law enforcement officers, with the exception of preventing imminent harm to a person, to use the following types of physical force when pursuing a person:
Can not use deadly force upon a person;
Can not use the chokehold form; and
Shall not discharge any firearm into or at fleeing motor vehicles (Sec 14).
Requires any officer present and observing another officer using physical force mentioned above, to intervene to prevent the use of unreasonable force (Sec 15).
Prohibits any public agency to acquire, possess, access, or use any biometric system (Sec 220).
Authorizes public agencies to have access to the following:
Acquire and possess personal electronic devices that use facial recognition technology for the sole purpose of user authentication;
Acquire, possess and use of automate video or image redaction software that does not have capability of performing facial recognition or other biometric recognition; or
Receive evidence related to investigation of a crime from a biometric surveillance system as long as evidence was not knowingly solicited or obtained with the assistance of a public agency or official (Sec 26).
Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws
Requires there to be a permanent commission on the status of Afican Americans that does the following:
Each member will serve a term of three years and until a successor is appointed;
The commission shall be a resource to the commonwealth on issues affecting African americans and ensure that laws and policies are equitably beneficial for African Americans; and
Give an annual report with results of its findings and activities from the preceding year to the governor (Sec 72).
Prohibits law enforcement officers, with the exception of preventing imminent harm to a person, to use the following types of physical force when pursuing a person:
Can not use deadly force upon a person;
Can not use the chokehold form; and
Shall not discharge any firearm into or at fleeing motor vehicles (Sec 14).
Requires any officer present and observing another officer using physical force mentioned above, to intervene to prevent the use of unreasonable force (Sec 15).
Prohibits any public agency to acquire, possess, access, or use any biometric system (Sec 220).
Authorizes public agencies to have access to the following:
Acquire and possess personal electronic devices that use facial recognition technology for the sole purpose of user authentication;
Acquire, possess and use of automate video or image redaction software that does not have capability of performing facial recognition or other biometric recognition; or
Receive evidence related to investigation of a crime from a biometric surveillance system as long as evidence was not knowingly solicited or obtained with the assistance of a public agency or official (Sec 26).
Title: Amends Various Police Accountability and Reform Laws