Bill > H2344

This bill aims to provide greater transparency and oversight in policing. Key provisions include: - Establishing a permanent task force to investigate demographic statistics of state, county, and municipal agencies that receive state funding, with the ability to perform audits. - Requiring police training programs to employ staff that reflects the state's racial and gender demographics. - Mandating that training focus on the most relevant scenarios officers may encounter based on crime data. - Adding implicit bias and inclusion training for officers. - Requiring officers to identify themselves, explain the reason for a law enforcement activity, and offer a business card at the end, with some exceptions. - Creating civil liability for falsely summoning police based on bias. - Providing public access to data on hiring, traffic stops, home responses, discipline, and cadet training for law enforcement. - Requiring body cameras for officers responding to emergencies in state and county correctional facilities. - Collecting and publishing demographic data on court proceedings. - Prohibiting "hate speech" that is likely to provoke violence. Overall, this bill seeks to increase accountability, reduce bias, and improve transparency in policing and the criminal justice system.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2344