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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session |
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HB 2550: complaints against peace officers; notification
Sponsor: Representative Kavanagh, LD 23
Committee on Military Affairs & Public Safety
Overview
Requires a law enforcement agency to provide a person making a complaint with a notice prior to accepting the complaint.
History
It is unlawful for a person to knowingly make to a law enforcement agency of either Arizona or an Arizona political subdivision a false, fraudulent or unfounded report or statement or to knowingly misrepresent a fact for the purpose of interfering with the orderly operation of a law enforcement agency or misleading a peace officer (A.R.S. 13-2907.01).
Provisions
1. States that before a law enforcement
agency accepts a complaint made against a peace officer, the law enforcement
agency must provide the person making the complaint with the following notice:
a) It is a class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly make to a law enforcement agency a false, fraudulent or unfounded report or statement or knowingly misrepresent a fact for the purpose of interfering with the orderly operation of a law enforcement agency or misleading a peace officer.
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HB 2550
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