Bill > SB26

This bill creates provisions relating to public safety. The key provisions include: - Allowing taxpayers to initiate an action for injunctive relief if a governing body decreases the budget for its law enforcement agency by more than 12% over a five-year period compared to other departments. - Prohibiting local governments from regulating certain physical security measures around private property, such as battery-charged fences. - Allowing a member of a police board or police force to serve on state or federal boards, commissions, or task forces without compensation, except for per diem or reimbursement for expenses. - Creating the "988 Public Safety Fund" to provide services to assist peace officers in coping with stress and trauma from critical incidents. - Establishing new procedural requirements for administrative investigations and disciplinary actions involving law enforcement officers, including time limits and due process protections. - Requiring law enforcement agencies to report data on use of force incidents to the National Use of Force Data Collection.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs, Justice

https://www.senate.mo.gov/21info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=54105537