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Originally Posted by janmcn
Congress passed a law just before they adjourned that requires all police departments in the country to report a shooting by one of their officers. Apparently these records were never kept or made public in the past. Now, at least, we will have accurate records on which to make a judgement.
The president's task force has 90 days to come up with recommendations. At that time, many changes will be made, including discontinuing the use of a grand jury and using a special prosecutor instead, IMO.
Police departments across the country must be mandated to reflect the demographics of the communities they serve.
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I am not finding any such law passed by this Congress. The closest is a reauthorization of a 2000 law that expired in 2006 and was never enforced which required reporting of deaths of people in custody.
https://www.congress.gov/congression...rticle/H8047-1
That law and this do not cover deaths of people who are not being arrested or in custody and there is nothing about reporting of non-lethal events or use of weapons by LEO.
"the death of any
person who is detained, under arrest, or is in the process of
being arrested, is en route to be incarcerated, or is
incarcerated "
The only thing new is a possible financial penalty for those agencies that fail to report their data. Under this law, the AG has two years to prepare a report to Congress for Congress to consider and decide upon what if any actions may be needed. There is no provision of a Presidential task force nor any 90 day deadline. Nor does this law have anything to do with grand juries or special prosecutors. It is aimed at improving the medical care, violence (inmate on inmate) and any other issues they may find. It has almost nothing to do with the issues of possible policing caused deaths. So what is the new law you mention?