ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session
	House: MAPS DP 8-6-0-0 | 3^rd Read 31-28-1-0 Senate: JUD DP 5-2-1-0 | 3^rd Read 16-12-2-0

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HB 2550: complaints against peace officers; notification

Sponsor: Representative Kavanagh, LD 23

Transmitted to the Governor

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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