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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1763
Author: Davis (D)
Amended: 8/23/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : Peace officers: City of Los Angeles
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This is a new bill. The provisions were deleted
in the Assembly.
As amended, this bill now deletes provisions in existing
law relative to the requalifying of specified police
officers in the use of a firearm.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/23/12 (1) delete the current
contents of the bill and insert these amendments; (2)
confer peace officer status, as specified, on a peace
officer of the Department of General Services of the City
of Los Angeles who was transferred to the Los Angeles
Police Department and designated by the Los Angeles Chief
of Police, if the primary duties of such officers is
protection of property owned or operated by the City; (3)
specify required firearms training for these officers; and
(4) delete current provisions of law prohibiting certain
peace officers from being authorized to carry firearms off
duty.
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ANALYSIS : Existing law provides that an officer of the
Department of General Services of the City of Los Angeles
is a peace officer if he or she is designated by the
general manager of the department and his or her primary
duty is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by the department or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the department. A peace
officer designated pursuant to those provisions and
authorized to carry firearms by the department is required
to complete an introductory course of firearm training and
requalify for the use of firearms every six months, and
prohibits the peace officer from carrying a firearm when he
or she is not on duty.
This bill provides that an officer of the Department of
General Services who was transferred to the Los Angeles
Police Department is a peace officer if he or she is
designated by the Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police
Department, or his or her designee, and the peace officer's
primary duty is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by the City of
Los Angeles or when performing necessary duties, as
specified. The bill deletes the provisions requiring a
peace officer designated pursuant to those provisions to
requalify for the use of firearms every six months, and
would also delete the prohibition on carrying firearms
while not on duty.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
RJG:n 8/24/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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