Bill > A2574

Introduced Session

This bill requires certain law enforcement officers to provide sufficient identification while performing their official duties. Under current law, there is no requirement that law enforcement officers show identification or otherwise exhibit signs of their status. As such, members of the community may not have the ability to verify the official status of a law enforcement officer. It is the sponsor's belief that the provisions of the bill are necessary to maintain the safety and integrity of routine law enforcement interactions. Under the bill, each law enforcement officer acting in the performance of the officer's official duties, including the duties performed during a motor vehicle stop, is required to show sufficient identification. The bill provides that an officer will be deemed to have provided sufficient identification if the officer complies with two or more of the following conditions: the officer is dressed in a department-issued uniform bearing the agency insignia; the officer presents a department-issued identification card bearing the officer's photograph and identifying information; the officer presents a badge, tag, or label which identifies the officer by number or other department-issued identification; or the officer operates a vehicle to which the official agency insignia is permanently affixed and is clearly visible from a distance of 50 feet. Pursuant to the bill, these provisions would not apply when the release of sufficient identification could jeopardize the safety of the law enforcement officer or the integrity of an authorized investigation, and are not to be construed to prevent a law enforcement officer in plain clothes or operating an unmarked vehicle from intervening in urgent matters of public safety.

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Erik Peterson (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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