Bill Text: HI SB2591 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Law Enforcement; Police Officer; Misconduct; Annual Report
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-23 - Act 121, 6/20/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). [SB2591 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2591-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to law enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 52D-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§52D-3.5 Reports to
legislature.[]] (a) The chief of each county police
department shall submit to the legislature no later than January 31 of each
year an annual report [to the legislature twenty days prior to the
convening of the regular session in each year.] of misconduct incidents
that resulted in suspension or discharge of a police officer. The reporting
period of each report shall be from January 1 to December 31 of the year
immediately prior to the year of the report submission.
(b) The report shall:
(1) [include a summary of] Summarize
the facts and the nature of the misconduct for each incident [which resulted
in the suspension or discharge of a police officer,];
(2) Specify the disciplinary action
imposed for each incident[, and];
(3) Identify any other incident in the annual report committed by the same police officer; and
(4) State whether the highest non-judicial grievance adjustment procedure timely invoked by the police officer or the police officer's representative has concluded.
(A) If the highest non-judicial grievance adjustment procedure has concluded, the report shall state:
(i) Whether the incident concerns conduct punishable as a crime, and if so, describe the county police department's findings of fact and conclusions of law concerning the criminal conduct; and
(ii) Whether the county police department notified the prosecuting attorney of the incident.
(B) If the highest non-judicial grievance adjustment procedure has not concluded, the report shall state the current stage of the non-judicial procedure as of the end of the reporting period.
(c) The report shall tabulate the number of police officers suspended and discharged during the previous year under the following categories of the department's Standards of Conduct:
(1) Malicious use of physical force;
(2) Mistreatment of prisoners;
(3) Use of drugs and narcotics; and
(4) Cowardice.
(d) The summary of facts provided in accordance with subsection (b)(1) shall not be of such a nature so as to disclose the identity of the individuals involved.
(e) For any incident reported pursuant to this section and subject to subsection (b)(4)(B), the county police department shall provide updated information in each successive annual report, until the highest non-judicial grievance adjustment procedure timely invoked by the police officer has concluded. In each successive annual report, the updated information shall reference where the incident appeared in the prior annual report. For any incident resolved without disciplinary action after the conclusion of the non-judicial grievance adjustment procedure, the county police department shall summarize the basis for not imposing disciplinary action.
(f) For each incident reported in an annual report, the county police department shall retain the disciplinary records in accordance with its record retention policy or for at least six months after the final annual report concerning that incident, whichever period is longer."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Law Enforcement; Police Officer; Misconduct; Annual Report
Description:
Requires the chief of each county police department to submit an annual report to the legislature of misconduct incidents that resulted in suspension or discharge of a police officer from the calendar year immediately prior to the year of the report submission. Requires the county police departments to provide updated information in each successive annual report until the highest non-judicial grievance adjustment procedure has concluded. Requires the county police departments to retain the disciplinary records in accordance with its record retention policy or for at least six months, whichever period is longer.
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