Bill Text: TX SB1738 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the automatic suspension and investigation of law enforcement personnel involved in a shooting with a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1738 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1738-Introduced.html
| By: Gutierrez | S.B. No. 1738 | |
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| relating to the automatic suspension and investigation of law | ||
| enforcement personnel involved in a shooting with a child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 141.036 to read as follow: | ||
| Sec. 141.036. AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION. (a) A law enforcement | ||
| officer who is involved in a shooting with a child shall be | ||
| immediately placed on administrative leave or suspended from active | ||
| duty until an investigation is conducted. | ||
| (b) The investigation of the shooting involving a child | ||
| shall be conducted by an independent law enforcement agency or | ||
| investigator. | ||
| (c) The suspended officer or officers are prohibited from | ||
| communicating with potential witnesses or suspects during the | ||
| investigation. | ||
| (d) If the investigation determines that the use of force | ||
| was unjustified or that the law enforcement officer failed to | ||
| intervene to prevent the death of a child, the suspended officer or | ||
| officers may be terminated, suspended, or subject to any other | ||
| disciplinary action. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
