Bill Text: MS SB2219 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Stun guns; require law enforcement agencies to adopt use policy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2219 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2219-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Stone
Senate Bill 2219
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 487, LAWS OF 2004, TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ADOPT USE POLICIES TO GOVERN OPERATION OF STUN GUNS; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS FOR STUN GUNS ACQUIRED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT USE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 487, Laws of 2004, is amended as follows:
Section 2. (1) On or after January 1, 2005, each state, county and local law enforcement agency that conducts emergency response and vehicular pursuits shall adopt written policies and training procedures that set forth the manner in which these operations shall be conducted. Each law enforcement agency may create their own such policies or adopt an existing model. All pursuit policies created or adopted by any law enforcement agency must address situations in which police pursuits cross over into other jurisdictions. Law enforcement agencies which do not comply with the requirements of this subsection (1) are subject to the withholding of any state funding or state administered federal funding.
(2) (a) No later than January 1, 2011, or the date that stun guns are purchased by an entity if the purchase is after that date, each state, county and local law enforcement agency that utilizes stun guns shall adopt written policies and training procedures that set forth the manner in which stun guns may be used and under what conditions. Each law enforcement agency may create their own such policies or adopt an existing model. Law enforcement agencies that do not comply with the requirements of this subsection (2) are subject to the withholding of any state funding or state administered federal funding.
(b) All stun guns used by law enforcement agencies shall be of a design specifically created for law enforcement use and shall be equipped with a video recording system that begins recording when the weapon is unholstered or the safety is turned off.
(c) Stun guns used by law enforcement agencies must be issued by the law enforcement agency and may not be owned by the law enforcement officer personally.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
