A bill to amend 1965 PA 203, entitled “Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act,” by amending sections 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, and 11 (MCL 28.609, 28.609a, 28.609b, 28.609c, 28.609d, and 28.611), sections 9, 9b, 9c, and 9d as amended by 2018 PA 552, section 9a as amended by 2016 PA 289, and section 11 as amended by 2017 PA 198.
Senate Bills 334, 335 and 341 would modify licensure requirements for law enforcement officers. Before licensure, a prospective officer would have to complete a comprehensive background check to determine character fitness. An employing agency would have to consider an applicable separation of service record of a previously employed officer and attest to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) that the individual met licensing requirements. Additionally, MCOLES would have to research and establish curriculum standards for de-escalation techniques, implicit bias, procedural justice, crisis intervention, and behavioral health resources and support. New officers would have to complete the training as a condition of licensure and current officers would have to complete training in these areas by July 1, 2027. The bills would require MCOLES to develop a model duty to intervene policy, and law enforcement agencies would have to adopt and provide a copy of that policy or a similar policy to their employees. Finally, the bills would prescribe requirements of employing agencies to report information on officers who were the subject of certain criminal charges or protection orders to MCOLES. The Commission would have to revoke an officer's license if the officer were convicted of a misdemeanor involving domestic violence for assault and battery against specific individuals.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
