CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 79Introduced by Assembly Member Akilah WeberDecember 15, 2022 An act relating to law enforcement agency policies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 79, as introduced, Akilah Weber. Law enforcement agency policies: remotely operated force options.Existing law prescribes the circumstances under which a peace officer may use deadly force. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to maintain a written policy regarding the use of force and to report use-of-force incidents to the Department of Justice as specified. Existing law prohibits law enforcement agencies from authorizing the use of certain types of force by its officers.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 79Introduced by Assembly Member Akilah WeberDecember 15, 2022 An act relating to law enforcement agency policies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 79, as introduced, Akilah Weber. Law enforcement agency policies: remotely operated force options.Existing law prescribes the circumstances under which a peace officer may use deadly force. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to maintain a written policy regarding the use of force and to report use-of-force incidents to the Department of Justice as specified. Existing law prohibits law enforcement agencies from authorizing the use of certain types of force by its officers.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 79
Introduced by Assembly Member Akilah WeberDecember 15, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Akilah Weber
December 15, 2022
An act relating to law enforcement agency policies.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 79, as introduced, Akilah Weber. Law enforcement agency policies: remotely operated force options.
Existing law prescribes the circumstances under which a peace officer may use deadly force. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to maintain a written policy regarding the use of force and to report use-of-force incidents to the Department of Justice as specified. Existing law prohibits law enforcement agencies from authorizing the use of certain types of force by its officers.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
Existing law prescribes the circumstances under which a peace officer may use deadly force. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to maintain a written policy regarding the use of force and to report use-of-force incidents to the Department of Justice as specified. Existing law prohibits law enforcement agencies from authorizing the use of certain types of force by its officers.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to regulate, limit, and require the reporting of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement agency by means of remotely operated equipment.
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