Proposed Bills In State Legislature Focused On Punishing Misbehaving Officers
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SACRAMENTO (CBS SF/AP) Bills currently before the California legislature aim at keeping misbehaving police officers in check, expanding on a bill that failed to pass last session.
The bills would require law enforcement officers to obtain licenses, create a way to end their careers for misbehavior including racial bias, and make it easier to sue them for monetary damages, supporters said Tuesday.
California is one of just four states without a way to decertify police officers, alongside Hawaii, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
California bills would take badges from misbehaving officers
Mar. 17, 2021 at 5:00 am
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press
California would start licensing law enforcement officers, create a way to end their careers for misbehavior including racial bias, and make it easier to sue them for monetary damages under an expanded version of legislation that died at the end of last year’s legislative session, supporters said Tuesday.
California is one of just four states without a way to decertify police officers, alongside Hawaii, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
“These are officers who have abused their authority and violated the public trust, and we all agree they must be held accountable,” said state Sen. Steven Bradford, who is carrying the most sweeping of several decertification proposals. “We (in California) claim to be a leader in all things we shouldn’t be an outlier when it comes to police reform.”
California bills would take badges from misbehaving officers
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a protester raises his arm shortly before being arrested for violating a curfew in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. California would start licensing law enforcement officers, create a way to end their careers for misbehavior including racial bias, and make it easier to sue them for monetary damages under an expanded version of legislation that died at the end of last year s legislative session, supporters said Tuesday, March 16, 2021.Marcio Jose Sanchez/APShow MoreShow Less
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