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Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; localities may establish, duties, effective date.

It became law on Oct 28, 2020.

VA HB 5055 · House Bill · 2020specialI

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Oct 28, 2020

What it does

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers and civilian employees; (ii) investigate and issue findings on incidents, including the use of force by a law-enforcement officer, death or serious injury to any person held in custody, serious abuse of authority or misconduct, allegedly discriminatory stops, and other incidents regarding the conduct of law-enforcement officers or civilian employees; (iii) make binding disciplinary determinations in cases that involve serious breaches of…

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    Oct 28, 2020

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