Posted on 08/02/2020 8:38:21 AM PDT by rktman
CARSON CITY —Two police reform bills, one each in the Senate and Assembly, moved forward Saturday in spite of public reaction that ranged from only tepid support to blistering opposition, mostly from progressive interests who wanted lawmakers to do more.
Supporters lined up in favor of Assembly Bill 3, a ban on police chokeholds that passed the chamber and moved to the Senate, but many argued the bill barely scratches the surface on holding police accountable.
“This is the bare minimum of change that needs to occur in order to foster accountability,” Holly Welborn, policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, said Saturday while testifying in favor of AB3.
Senate Bill 2, which makes changes to a 2019 bill that strengthened rights for police officers facing non-criminal misconduct charges, was summarily denounced by opponents who sought the earlier bill’s outright appeal. The bill passed the Senate in committee and awaits a full vote in the upper house.
The Assembly bill also explicitly authorizes the filming of officers so long as it doesn’t interfere with police activity; requires officers to intervene if they see another officer using excessive force, and requires them to submit to drug and alcohol tests in the case of shootings. It also requires departments to send the legislature certain data relating to police stops.
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Link for comments. Make sure you put AB3 in the appropriate spot.
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/32nd2020Special/
These have no clue what the Police are and what they do
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