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2020 First Extraordinary Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 7
BY SENATOR FIELDS
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Establishes the Police Training, Screening, and
De-esclation Task Force to study and make recommendations to the legislature.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To establish the Police Training, Screening, and De-escalation Task Force to study and
3 make recommendations to the legislature.
4 WHEREAS, the recent killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, and a series of other
5 similar acts, has focused public discourse on the causes of police brutality and the use of
6 excessive force, especially when used against people of color; and
7 WHEREAS, according to a 2016 study published by the American Journal of Health,
8 black men are three times more likely than white men to be killed by police intervention; and
9 WHEREAS, in order to propose legislation to address the disparate treatment of
10 people of color by law enforcement agencies, a task force composed of legislative,
11 administrative, law enforcement, academic, and racial justice leaders must be created.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
13 create a Police Training, Screening, and De-escalation Task Force to study and make
14 recommendations to the legislature on the topics, among others, of training, screening,
15 de-escalation, racial bias recognition, misconduct, duty to report misconduct, penalties, use
16 of force, identifying and eliminating bad actors, and any other recommendations the task
17 force deems necessary to restore the public's trust that the law enforcement community is
18 serving and protecting all the citizens of Louisiana in a fair and unbiased manner.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be comprised of the
2 following members:
3 (1) The president of the Louisiana Senate, or his designee who shall be a member of
4 the Louisiana Senate.
5 (2) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, or his designee who shall
6 be a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
7 (3) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, or his designee who shall
8 be a member of the committee.
9 (4) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C, or his designee who shall
10 be a member of the committee.
11 (5) The chairman of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, or
12 his designee who shall be a member of the committee.
13 (6) The chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, or his designee who shall
14 be a member of the committee.
15 (7) The attorney general, or his designee who shall be an employee of the
16 Department of Justice.
17 (8) The executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, or his
18 designee.
19 (9) One peace officer appointed by the governor from a list of four names jointly
20 submitted by the presidents of the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police and the Louisiana
21 Union of Police Association.
22 (10) One member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
23 People Louisiana State Conference appointed by its president.
24 (11) One member of the Urban League of Louisiana appointed by its president.
25 (12) One member of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
26 appointed by its president.
27 (13) One law school professor appointed by the governor from a list of four names
28 jointly submitted by the dean of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, the chancellor of the
29 Southern University Law Center, the dean of the Tulane University Law School, and the
30 dean of the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.
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1 (14) One professor of criminal law selected by the president of the Southern
2 University system.
3 (15) One professor of social work selected by the president of the Louisiana State
4 University system.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a majority of the total membership shall
6 constitute a quorum of the task force and that any official action by the task force shall
7 require an affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum present and voting.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the initial meeting of the task force shall be
9 called by the president of the Louisiana Senate. At the first meeting, the task force shall elect
10 a chair. The first meeting shall take place no later than August 15, 2020. The Louisiana
11 Senate shall provide staff support.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of this task force shall serve without
13 compensation, except per diem or expense reimbursement to which they may be individually
14 entitled as members of the constituent organizations.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the meetings of the task force shall take place
16 at the Louisiana State Capitol, or upon a majority vote of the members such meetings may
17 be conducted by video conference where circumstances necessitate meeting in that manner.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall meet as necessary and shall
19 report its findings to the legislature not later than February 1, 2021, and shall terminate upon
20 the date of such report or February 1, 2021, whichever occurs first.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
22 governor, the attorney general, the executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law
23 Enforcement, the president of the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police, the president of the
24 Louisiana Union of Police Association, the president of the National Association for the
25 Advancement of Colored People Louisiana State Conference, the president of the Urban
26 League of Louisiana, the president of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense
27 Attorneys, the dean of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, the chancellor of the Southern
28 University Law Center, the dean of the Tulane University Law School, the dean of the
29 Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, the president of the Southern University
30 system, and the president of the Louisiana State University system.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SCR 7 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session Fields
Establishes the Police Training, Screening, and De-escalation Task Force to study and make
recommendations to the legislature on the topics, among others, of training, screening, de-
escalation, racial bias training, misconduct, duty to report misconduct, penalties, use of
force, identifying and eliminating bad actors, and any other recommendations the task force
deems necessary to restore the public's trust that the law enforcement community is serving
and protecting all the citizens of Louisiana in a fair and unbiased manner.
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