Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2650
critical incident bureau; establishment; DPS
Purpose
Effective July 1, 2025, establishes the Major Incident Division (MID) within the
Department of Public Safety and appropriates $24,400,000 from the state General Fund (state GF)
to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and appropriates $600,000 from the state GF in FY 2023
to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC).
Background
DPS consists of the following divisions:1) Arizona highway patrol; 2) narcotics enforcement
and criminal investigation; 3) scientific criminal analysis; and 4) training and education (A.R.S.
§ 41-1712).
The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST) is tasked with
providing reasonable minimum qualifications for officers to become certified peace officers in
Arizona. The qualifications include U.S. citizenship and physical, mental and moral fitness and
govern the recruitment, appointment and retention of all peace officers in Arizona (A.R.S.
§ 41-1822).
H.B. 2650 appropriates a total of $25,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023.
Provisions
1. Requires DPS to create and maintain the MID.
2. Appropriates $24,400,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to DPS to establish and maintain the
MID.
3. Appropriates $600,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to ACJC to distribute to regional law
enforcement task forces.
4. Requires the Superintendent of the MID to:
a) be selected on the basis of training and experience;
b) have at least five years experience in the administration of law enforcement; and
c) be a certified peace officer.
5. Allows the Director of DPS (Director) to adopt rules governing the policies, procedures and
administration of all activities of the MID.
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H.B. 2650
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6. Requires the MID to:
a) Use AZPOST certified investigators who have completed outlined investigative training
identified by the Director and approved by AZPOST;
b) conduct independent investigations of critical force incidents; and
c) investigate a criminal allegation against a peace officer employed by the law enforcement
agency at the request of a sheriff or chief of police.
7. Requires each law enforcement agency in Arizona to require the MID, a regional law
enforcement task force or another law enforcement agency, to perform the criminal
investigation of any critical force incidents in Arizona.
8. Defines critical force incident as:
a) any discharge of a firearm by a peace officer due to a use of force encounter, regardless of
whether the discharge results in an injury or death of an individual; and
b) an incident involving a peace officer's intended use of deadly force or use of force by any
other means that results in death or serious bodily injury of another person, either during
an on-duty or off-duty incident while acting under the color of authority.
9. Exempts the monies from lapsing.
10. Becomes effective July 1, 2025.
House Action
MAPS 2/7/22 DPA 15-0-0-0
APPROP 2/9/22 DP 13-0-0-0
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Read 2/24/22 50-9-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 25, 2022
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