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PLEASE SEND A LETTER OR FAX NOW. Could not find a way to send an email. From Quirk’s webpage there is a form but it will only accept it from his constituents. If anyone finds a way to email a support request, please let me know at nemecek@san.rr.com. Thanks, Nancy
Public Safety Hearing – AB-334 Motorcycle Rider Anti-Profiling Bill
Tuesday, March 24 at 9:00am
California State Capitol in Sacramento
Please send letters of support to:
Assemblyman Bill Quirk, Chair / Assembly Public Safety Committee / 1020 N Street, Room 126 / Sacramento, Ca. 95814.
OR fax to: 916-319-3745
A simple letter or fax is all that is needed: Please support AB334.....your name, address, and signature. PLEASE SEND ASAP
LETTER OR FAX IS NEED by the MARCH 19, 2015 to get counted for analysis.
Here’s some information on the legislation:
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 334, as introduced, Cooley. Peace officers: training: profiling of motorcycle riders.
Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the Department of Justice and requires the commission to adopt rules establishing minimum standards regarding the recruitment of peace officers. Existing law requires the commission to develop guidelines and implement courses of instruction regarding racial profiling, handling domestic violence, hate crimes, and human trafficking, among others.
This bill would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to ensure that the profiling of motorcycle riders is addressed in the course of basic law enforcement training and offered to law enforcement officers in conjunction with existing training regarding profiling. The bill would require all local law enforcement agencies to adopt a written policy designed to condemn and prevent the profiling of motorcycle riders and to review and audit any existing policies to ensure that those policies do not enable or foster the practice of profiling motorcycle riders. Because this bill would impose additional duties on local law enforcement agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
DIGEST KEY
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
