HB5 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Juandalynn Givan Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Law enforcement, use of physical force under certain conditions, prohobit use of deadly force in certain circumstances, recordings, procedure to determine to whom and what portion of a recording to disclose or release established

Description

This bill would provide for the use of physical force by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances.

This bill would prohibit the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers.

This bill would require the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission to establish policies relating to the reporting of use of force incidents and would require the commission to establish and maintain a complaint system for use of force incidents.

This bill would provide for the type of information that is required to be reported and would require that the public have access to the system.

This bill would require an audit, by the Attorney General, concerning the use of force incident reporting system.

This bill would establish a procedure to determine whether, to whom, and what portions of a recording made by law enforcement may be disclosed or a copy released.

This bill would establish the procedure for contesting a refusal to disclose a recording or to obtain a copy of a recording.

This bill would also direct state or local law enforcement agencies to provide, upon request, access to view and analyze recordings.

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Subjects

Law Enforcement