SB 846, as amended, Galgiani. Crimes: Violent Crime Information Center.
Existing law establishes the Attorney General as the chief law officer of the state, and grants the Attorney General specified law enforcement powers. Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a Violent Crime Information Center to assist in the identification and apprehension of persons responsible for specific violent crimes and for the disappearance and exploitation of persons, particularly children and dependent adults. Existing law also requires the Attorney General to provide information on reports of missing persons to law enforcement agencies, as provided.
This bill would clarify that, notwithstanding any other law, a law enforcement agency is authorized to request a copy of information or data maintained by the Department of Justice relating to the Violent Crime Information Center. The bill would also provide related legislative findings and declarations.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) Unsolved missing and unidentified persons investigations
4generally lack an obvious connection between the offender and
5the victim.
6(b) There is a high probability that unsolved missing and
7unidentified persons cases across local jurisdictions may be linked
8together.
9(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:
10(1) Enablebegin delete the criminal justice communityend deletebegin insert
law enforcement
11agenciesend insert to generate a more effective response in the identification,
12investigation, and adjudication of unsolved missing and
13unidentified persons cases.
14(2) Enable the Attorney General to provide local law
15enforcement agencies with access to existing informational
16resources within the Department of Justice for the purpose of
17linking, and eventually resolving, unsolved missing and
18unidentified persons cases that were previously unknown to be
19related.
20(3) Authorize local law enforcement agencies from all local
21jurisdictions within California to request existing information and
22data maintained by the Department of Justice, for the purpose of
23linking, and eventually resolving, unsolved missing and
24unidentified persons
cases.
Section 14201.2 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
Notwithstanding any other law, a law enforcement
27agency may request a copy of information or data maintained by
28the Department of Justice pursuant to this title, for the purpose of
29linking an unsolved missing or unidentified person case with
30another case that was previously unknown to be related to that
31case, or for the purpose of resolving an unsolved missing or
32unidentified person case.
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