| 19 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, 1 |
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| 20 | | - | "social media" has the same meaning as provided in section 9-601 of the 2 |
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| 21 | | - | general statutes and "law enforcement unit" and "police officer" have the 3 |
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| 22 | | - | same meanings as provided in section 7-294a of the general statutes. Not 4 |
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| 23 | | - | later than January 1, 2022, the Police Officer Standards and Training 5 |
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| 24 | | - | Council shall develop a model policy concerning the use of social media 6 |
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| 25 | | - | by law enforcement units and police officers while on duty. Such model 7 |
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| 26 | | - | policy shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) guidelines regarding 8 |
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| 27 | | - | the use of a social media account used by a law enforcement unit, (2) the 9 |
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| 28 | | - | responsibilities of any person employed by the law enforcement unit 10 |
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| 29 | | - | who manages and approves content to post on such social media 11 |
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| 30 | | - | account, (3) procedures when the unauthorized use of such social media 12 |
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| 31 | | - | account is detected, (4) guidelines to ensure compliance with any 13 |
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| 32 | | - | applicable state or federal law, (5) guidelines regarding content suitable 14 |
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| 33 | | - | and not suitable for posting on such social media account, and (6) 15 |
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| 34 | | - | methods to limit indecent or obscene content on any such social media 16 |
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| 35 | | - | account. 17 |
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| 36 | | - | (b) Not later than July 1, 2022, each law enforcement unit shall adopt 18 Substitute Bill No. 1009 |
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| 26 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 1 |
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| 27 | + | 2022, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall develop a 2 |
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| 28 | + | model policy concerning the use of social media, as defined in section 9-3 |
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| 29 | + | 601 of the general statutes, by law enforcement units and police officers, 4 |
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| 30 | + | as such terms are defined in section 7-294a of the general statutes, while 5 |
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| 31 | + | on duty. Such model policy shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) 6 |
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| 32 | + | guidelines regarding the use of a social media account used by a law 7 |
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| 33 | + | enforcement unit, (2) the responsibilities of any person employed by the 8 |
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| 34 | + | law enforcement unit who manages and approves content to post on 9 |
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| 35 | + | such social media account, (3) procedures when the unauthorized use 10 |
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| 36 | + | of such social media account is detected, (4) guidelines to ensure 11 |
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| 37 | + | compliance with any applicable state or federal law, (5) guidelines 12 |
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| 38 | + | regarding content suitable and not suitable for posting on such social 13 |
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| 39 | + | media account, (6) methods to limit indecent or obscene content on any 14 |
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| 40 | + | such social media account, and (7) a prohibition on the personal use of 15 |
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| 41 | + | social media by a police officer while on duty. 16 |
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| 42 | + | LCO No. 4410 2 of 2 |
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| 50 | | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: |
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| 51 | | - | In subsection (a), the first sentence was added for clarity. |
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| 53 | | - | PS Joint Favorable Subst. |
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| 52 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 53 | + | To require the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to develop |
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| 54 | + | a model social media policy for police departments and to require police |
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| 55 | + | departments to adopt such model policy or a policy with higher |
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| 56 | + | standards. |
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| 57 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 58 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 59 | + | underlined.] |
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