BILL NUMBER: AB 1270	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1270, as introduced, Ammiano. Peace officers: citizen review
commissions.
   Existing law requires each agency that employs peace officers to
establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the
public against the personnel of these agencies and to make a written
description of the procedure available to the public.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish guiding principles for the development and
operation of citizen peace officer review commissions.
   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 to establish guiding principles for the development and
operation of citizen peace officer review commissions.