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HB 2562: crime; emergency services; summaries; websites

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Grantham, LD 12

BILL STATUS: House Engrossed

               

Legend: NFPA-National Fire Protection Association Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

Relating to municipal crime and emergency service summaries.

Provisions

1.       Requires each city or town to post a monthly crime or emergency services summary on its website. (Sec. 1)

2.       Requires a city or town to include the following information in their summary:

a.       All crime statistics pursuant to the federal uniform crime reporting standards or equivalent.

b.       Relating to fire departments:

i.         The total number of calls for service per fire department in the current year and the previous five years.

ii.       The total number of call responses per fire department for the previous month and previous year.

c.        Relating to emergency medical services divisions:

i.         The total number of responses per division in the current year and in the previous five years.

d.       Relating to fire departments and medical service divisions that adhere to certain NFPA standards:

i.         The average response times, travel times and total response times for the previous year, the current and year each month of the previous year and the current year.

e.       Relating to police departments:

i.         The average response times for: call-to-dispatch, dispatch to arrival, and total response for the previous year, the current year and each month of the of the previous and the current year.

ii.       The number of patrol officers, investigators, and other officers for each precinct.

iii.     The total number of felony, misdemeanor and violent crime arrests for each month of the current year and the current year.

iv.     The total number of priority 1-3 type priority calls for each month for the previous year, the current year and each month of the of the previous and the current year.

f.         Relating to emergency personnel on their website:

i.         The total number of sworn firefighters and emergency medical division members per department.

ii.       The total number of sworn firefighters per each one thousand citizens in the city or town. (Sec. 1)

3.       Requires the summaries to be posted within 30 days of the end of the month. (Sec 1.)

4.       Defines NFPA 1700. (Sec. 1)

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                             HB 2562

Second Regular Session                          Version 3: House Engrossed

 

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