Bill Text: TX SB1601 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a duty for peace officers to intervene and make a report when a peace officer uses excessive force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1601 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1601-Introduced.html
  87R11571 ADM-D
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 1601
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a duty for peace officers to intervene and make a report
  when a peace officer uses excessive force.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 2.1387 to read as follows:
         Art. 2.1387.  INTERVENTION REQUIRED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE;
  REPORT REQUIRED.  (a) A peace officer has a duty to intervene to
  stop or prevent another peace officer from using force against a
  person suspected of committing an offense if the amount of force
  exceeds that which is reasonable under the circumstances.
         (b)  A peace officer who witnesses the use of excessive force
  by another peace officer shall promptly make a detailed report of
  the incident and deliver the report to the supervisor of the peace
  officer making the report.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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