Title:
Title
Supporting Assembly Bill 1506 (McCarty) and Assembly Bill 2054 (Kamlager)
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00785
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion supporting Assembly Bill 1506 (McCarty) and Assembly Bill 2054 (Kamlager).
Contact: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, Office of the City Manager
Body
Presenter: Consuelo Hernandez, Director of Governmental Affairs, (916) 808-7395, Office of the City Manager
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Assembly Bill 1506
3-Assembly Bill 2054
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: AB 1506 (McCarty) would: 1) establish the Statewide Officer Deadly Force Investigation Division within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to, upon request of a law enforcement agency or District Attorney, conduct an investigation into an officer-involved deadly-force incident, provide written findings, and if applicable, conduct the prosecution of the officer(s) involved; and 2) establish a Police Practices Division within the DOJ to, upon request, review the "patterns and practices" of a local law enforcement agency, and provide recommendations and action items for improvement. In March 2018, Chief of Police Daniel Hahn requested DOJ conduct an independent investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Stephon Clark. The DOJ completed that investigation on March 5, 2019.
AB 2054 (Kamlager) establishes, for three years, the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S.) Act Grant Pilot Program Act, with the goal of improving emergency responses for vulnerable populations in California, by strengthening, expanding and promoting community-based responses to emergency situations. Grants will fund culturally informed and appropriate responses to immediate emergency situations, as well as in the follow-up. Community-based organizations with a deeper knowledge and understanding of the issues, people, and set of relationships...
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