Bill Text: CA AB2536 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Orange County Property Crime Task Force.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2536 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2536-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 2536 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Chen |
February 14, 2018 |
An act to add Title 12.7 (commencing with Section 14260) to Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2536, as amended, Chen.
Orange County Property Crime Task Force.
Existing law establishes local and regional task forces for law enforcement purposes, including, among others, the county sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE) team program, and county violent crime against women task forces.
This bill would establish the Orange County Property Crime Task Force, whose mission would be to identify, arrest, and prosecute the criminals who participate in property crime, and to also increase prevention methods and diversion. The bill would specify the membership of the task force, specify the tasks that the task force would be required to complete, and require the task force to report to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would authorize implementation of the task force only to the extent an appropriation for it is provided in the Budget Act.
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Title 12.7 (commencing with Section 14260) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:TITLE 12.7. Orange County Property Crime Task Force
14260.
(a) The Orange County Property Crime Task Force is hereby established. The mission of the Orange County Property Crime Task Force is to identify, arrest, and prosecute the criminals who participate in property crime, and to also increase prevention methods and diversion.(b) The task force shall be comprised of the Orange County Sheriff, who shall be the chair of the task force, and the following representatives:
(1) One representative selected by each of the following:
(A)The Orange County Sheriff.
(B)
(A) The Orange County District Attorney.
(C)
(B) The Orange County Public Defender.
(D)
(C) The Orange County Peace Officers Association.
(D) The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs.
(2) A representative from a crime victims’ association. association, appointed by the chair.
(3) A representative from a nonprofit, community-based property crime prevention organization. organization, appointed by the chair.
(c) The members of the task force shall serve
at the pleasure of their appointing authority.
(d) The task force shall do all of the following:
(1) Work together to assess problems with property crime in Orange County.
(2) Jointly develop prevention and diversion methods.
(3) Jointly share information and resources that lead to the prosecution of individuals who participate in property crime.
(4) Coordinate interagency action to implement those prevention methods.
(e) The task force shall issue a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2020, with specific recommendations for
local efforts addressing at least the following five points:
(1) How to identify local, collaborative partners and define their respective roles in preventing and intervening in property crime.
(2) How to identify data to utilize in analyzing property crime in Orange County.
(3) How to identify effective messages and channels for communicating those messages to the public.
(4) How to identify specific strategies for all members of the local partnership, whether they be law enforcement, social services, or others, in response to criminals who continue to participate in property crime.
(5) How to identify specific community referrals for youth participating in property crime activities including, but not limited to, alternative activities, recreation, job training, after school and mentoring programs, substance abuse treatment programs, anger management, and other constructive social programs.
(f) (1) The report required in subdivision (e) shall be issued in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) The requirement for the report imposed by subdivision (d) is inoperative on January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
