This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:09 PM by ryoung.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill shields the name of a law enforcement officer who is involved in a critical
10 incident for up to 180 days.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ requires that the name of a law enforcement officer involved in a critical incident be
14 kept private until the end of the investigation;
15 ▸ further requires that the officer's name be released if the officer is charged with a
16 crime at the end of the investigation; and
17 ▸ provides that the officer's name shall be released not later than six months after an
18 incident.
19 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
20 None
21 Other Special Clauses:
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23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 76-2-408, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 178
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
28 Section 1. Section 76-2-408 is amended to read:
29 76-2-408. Peace officer use of force -- Investigations.
30 (1) As used in this section:
31 (a) "Dangerous weapon" is a firearm or an object that in the manner of its use or
32 intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
33 (b) "Investigating agency" is a law enforcement agency, the county or district attorney's
34 office, or an interagency task force composed of officers from multiple law enforcement
35 agencies.
36 (c) "Officer" is a law enforcement officer as defined in Section 53-13-103.
37 (d) "Officer-involved critical incident" is any of the following:
38 (i) the use of a dangerous weapon by an officer against a person that causes injury to
39 any person;
40 (ii) a fatal injury to any person except the officer, resulting from the use of a motor
41 vehicle by an officer;
42 (iii) the death of a person who is in law enforcement custody, but not including deaths
43 that are the result of disease, natural causes, or conditions that have been medically diagnosed
44 prior to the person's death; or
45 (iv) a fatal injury to a person resulting from the efforts of an officer attempting to
46 prevent a person's escape from custody, make an arrest, or otherwise gain physical control of a
47 person.
48 (2) When an officer-involved critical incident occurs:
49 (a) upon receiving notice of the officer-involved critical incident, the law enforcement
50 agency having jurisdiction where the incident occurred shall, as soon as practical, notify the
51 county or district attorney having jurisdiction where the incident occurred; and
52 (b) the chief executive of the law enforcement agency and the county or district
53 attorney having jurisdiction where the incident occurred shall:
54 (i) jointly designate an investigating agency for the officer-involved critical incident;
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56 (ii) designate which agency is the lead investigative agency if the officer-involved
57 critical incident involves multiple investigations.
58 (3) The investigating agency under Subsection (2) may not be the law enforcement
59 agency employing the officer who is alleged to have caused or contributed to the
60 officer-involved critical incident.
61 (4) This section does not preclude the law enforcement agency employing an officer
62 alleged to have caused or contributed to the officer-involved critical incident from conducting
63 an internal administrative investigation.
64 (5) Each law enforcement agency that is part of or administered by the state or any of
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66 law enforcement agency's publicly accessible website:
67 (a) the policies and procedures the agency has adopted to select the investigating
68 agency if an officer-involved critical incident occurs in [
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70 incident; and
71 (b) the protocols the agency has adopted to ensure that any investigation of
72 officer-involved incidents occurring in [
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74 (6) Ĥ→ At the discretion of the agency, [
74a released to the public by any public official or public
75 employee conducting or participating in an official investigation of an officer-involved critical
76 incident, or any person acting on behalf of a public official or public employee, until the
77 official investigation is concluded.
78 (7) Notwithstanding Subsection (6), the name of an officer involved in an
79 officer-involved critical incident shall be released not later than Ĥ→ [
79a the incident.
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