HB 5922 — AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL REPORTS ON USE OF FORCE BY STATE AND MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS.

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REP.(PS) AN ACT REQUIRING ANNUAL REPORTS ON USE OF FORCE BY STATE AND MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS.

PORTER, 94th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING USE OF FORCE REPORTS.

ThatSection the1. general statutes be amended to require the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and each municipal police department to report annually on the use of force by their officers.

StatementSection 7-282e of Purpose:the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

To(a) requireEach annuallaw publicenforcement reportsunit, onas defined in section 7-294a, shall create and maintain a record detailing any incident during which a police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, (1) uses physical force that is likely to cause serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to another person or the usedeath of forceanother byperson, Stateincluding, Policebut andnot municipallimited policeto, officers.striking another person with an open or closed hand, club or baton, kicking another person or using pepper spray or an electroshock weapon on another person, or (2) discharges a firearm, except during a training exercise or in the course of dispatching an animal.

Such record shall include, but not be limited to:

The name of the police officer, the time and place of the incident, a description of what occurred during the incident and, to the extent known, the names of the victims and witnesses present at such incident.

6925700 1 of 13 Committee Bill No.5922 (b) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, established pursuant to section 7-294b, shall develop and promulgate a standardized form for an annual report that compiles the contents of records a law enforcement unit maintains pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

The form shall require statistics on each incident that is the subject of the record, including, but not limited to, (1) the race and gender of each person on whom force was used, provided the identification of such characteristics shall be based on the observation and perception of the police officer involved in the incident, (2) the location of each incident, the type of force used and the activities that led to the use of force, and (3) any injury suffered by a person against whom force was used.

(c) Not later than January 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and each municipal police department shall submit an annual use of force report using the form developed and promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management.

(d) The Office of Policy and Management shall post the annual reports submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section on its Internet web site.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 from passage 7-282e Statement of Purpose:

To require the Division of State Police and municipal police departments to annually compile a report of their records detailing certain incidents where a police officer uses force or discharges a weapon.

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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

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PORTER, 94th Dist.;

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ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

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