Bill > SB00759

This bill proposes multiple changes to public safety, criminal prosecution, and law enforcement policies. The legislation would require the Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council to revise its motor vehicle pursuit policy to give law enforcement more discretion, reinstate motor vehicle consent searches, and modify juvenile justice procedures by changing the standards for transferring juveniles to adult criminal courts, particularly for serious repeat offenders. The bill would establish a gun trafficking task force, mandate GPS monitoring for high bail amounts (over $500,000), and require fingerprinting for juvenile offenders charged with specific violent, sexual, or firearm-related offenses, with those prints automatically erased when the offender turns 18. Additionally, the bill would repeal certain cannabis-related traffic stop restrictions, add more offenses requiring 85% of sentence time to be served before parole eligibility, create truancy clinics in probate court regions, repeal use-of-force restrictions from a 2020 police accountability bill, reinstate qualified immunity for law enforcement officers, modify the TRUST Act to allow law enforcement to communicate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and restore the maximum misdemeanor sentence to 365 days. Overall, the bill aims to enhance public safety, provide more support for law enforcement, and adjust criminal justice procedures.

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