SB 541

Under current law, the Law Enforcement Standards Board may decertify law

enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail, or juvenile detention officers for a variety

of reasons. This bill provides that the Law Enforcement Standards Board must

decertify officers for those reasons, and adds the following to the list of reasons to

decertify an officer: 1) violating a use of force policy to which the officer is subject,

and 2) terminating employment while under investigation for committing an act of

official misconduct. Officers decertified while under investigation for committing an

act of official misconduct may not be recertified in the future unless the officer

receives a waiver from the police commission or police and fire commission, if

applicable, or the governing body, of the jurisdiction in which he or she seeks

employment and corresponding recertification. The bill also requires that the board

decertify officers within 30 days after the relevant event that is the cause for

decertification.