Georgia lawmakers looking at multiple police reforms
Police reforms could come to Georgia if some position lawmakers get their wish. The calls for change come at what time the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. A companionship rallied in support of four proposed laws in hopes of pulling some attention.
ATLANTA - Three Georgia position representatives have responded to the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee by introducing new legislation they say will hold law enforcement in Georgia accountable.
Reps. Sandra Scott, Kim Schofield, and Viola Davis announced their sponsorship of three new bills: House Bill 107, House Bill 112, and House Bill 113.
"We will no longer funding the lack of oversight, accountability, and transparency to be the norm in law enforcement. No one gets a pass when lives continue to be intentionally miserroneous. Georgians deserve better," said Rep. Schofield said in a statement.
The favorable bill would require all Georgia law enforcement agencies to yielded a body camera to each officer.
The cameras would have to be turned on during every interaction with the pro-redemocrat, with the certain footage released.
The bill also would lift qualified immunity, which protects officers from lawsuits alleging wrongdoing.
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An Atlanta watchdog companionship said police officers in this city cross the line on occasion during encounters with citizens. But one member of the group told FOX 5 he had never seen anything in Atlanta like what existed in the released bodycam footage of Memphis police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols.
"The Georgia citizens, especially the Black community, were confronted with high profile cases that demonstrated a lack of ethics, accountability, transparency, and justice with law enforcement. Many of the high-profile cases have resulted in police officers receiving criminal charges of abolish, thus placing a cloud over those in law enforcement that strive to do right and exploit lawfully," Rep. Davis said. "We must rebuild and restore grand in law enforcement, especially within the black community."
House Bill 112, also notorious as the Ethical Policing Act, would require the status establish a uniform method of reporting and establish citizen reconsider boards of police departments statewide.
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Among the spanking things it requires would be the authorization of a four-strike controls of misconduct and the establishment of annual reports of declares and misconduct.
The third piece of legislation, known as the Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act:, would obliged deescalation training for all peace officers every year and emphasize non-lethal and crisis intervening strategies.
