General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6197
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1879
*01879*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6197
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1879
*01879*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF POLICE OFFICER-INVOLVED DEATHS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require, in the case of a police officer-involved death, that there be an independent investigation conducted by at least two investigators, one of whom is the lead investigator and neither of whom is employed by a law enforcement agency that employs a law enforcement officer involved in the officer-involved death.
Statement of Purpose:
To require, in the case of a police officer-involved death, an independent investigation involving two investigators not employed by a law enforcement agency that employs the police officer involved in the officer-involved death.