CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1559Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) to Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to gun violence. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1559, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Community engagement: gun violence prevention: grants.Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services contracts for and regulates specified programs addressing community violence prevention and conflict resolution.This bill would create the Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program to provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence. The Office of Emergency Services would implement and maintain the grant program, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments. 14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1559Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) to Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to gun violence. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1559, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Community engagement: gun violence prevention: grants.Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services contracts for and regulates specified programs addressing community violence prevention and conflict resolution.This bill would create the Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program to provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence. The Office of Emergency Services would implement and maintain the grant program, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1559
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia
February 17, 2017
An act to add Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) to Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to gun violence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1559, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Community engagement: gun violence prevention: grants.
Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services contracts for and regulates specified programs addressing community violence prevention and conflict resolution.This bill would create the Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program to provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence. The Office of Emergency Services would implement and maintain the grant program, as provided.
Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services contracts for and regulates specified programs addressing community violence prevention and conflict resolution.
This bill would create the Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program to provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence. The Office of Emergency Services would implement and maintain the grant program, as provided.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments. 14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments. 14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.
SECTION 1. Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14130) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:
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TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments. 14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.
TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments. 14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.
TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program
TITLE 10.3. Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program
14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.
14130. (a) The Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program is hereby created and shall provide grants to municipal police departments to allow those departments to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence.
(b) In order to be eligible for a grant, a technology-based system shall do the following:
(1) Provide immediate awareness of gunfire activity to law enforcement for its response and service to affected communities, including active shooter incidents inside coverage areas.
(2) Improve management of law enforcement resources by enabling focused and defined responses to gunfire incidents.
(3) Provide an increased opportunity to build trust between law enforcement and residents.
(4) Target enforcement to areas most affected by gun violence.
(5) Provide scientific and forensically sound evidence, admissible in court, to strengthen prosecutions of the worst offenders of gun violence.
(6) Have the ability to measure and report outcomes and results.
(7) Support patrol responses, investigations, analyses, and prosecutions.
14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments.
14131. The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), in order to implement and maintain a program for providing grants to municipal police departments to subscribe to technology-based systems that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient police departments.
14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.
14132. The program shall be funded by an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act.