BILL NUMBER: AB 1497	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1497, as introduced, Chau. Peace officers: deadly force.
   Existing law authorizes a peace officer who has reasonable cause
to believe that a person to be arrested has committed a public
offense to use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent
escape, or to overcome resistance.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that requires law enforcement agencies to develop written
policies relating to the handling of incidents involving the use of
deadly force by a peace officer that resulted in the death of a
member of the public.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that requires law enforcement agencies to develop written
policies relating to the handling of incidents involving the use of
deadly force by a peace officer that resulted in the death of a
member of the public.