REFERENCE TITLE: AZPOST; mandatory reporting; peace officers

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

HB 2307

Introduced by

Representatives Jermaine: Blackwater-Nygren, Bolding, Dalessandro, DeGrazia, Longdon, Pawlik, Powers Hannley, Tsosie, Senator Bowie

AN ACT

amending section 41-1828.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona peace officer standards and training board.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 41-1828.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1828.01. Required law enforcement and prosecuting agency reporting

A. A law enforcement agency may shall report to the board any peace officer misconduct in violation of the rules for retention established pursuant to section 41-1822, subsection A, paragraph 3 at any time and shall report this misconduct on the peace officer's termination, resignation or separation from the agency.

B. On request of a law enforcement agency conducting a background investigation of an applicant for the position of a peace officer, another law enforcement agency employing, previously employing or having conducted a complete or partial background investigation on the applicant shall advise the requesting agency of any known misconduct in violation of the rules for retention established pursuant to section 41-1822, subsection A, paragraph 3.

C. A prosecuting agency shall report to the board any information that the prosecuting agency has determined may call into question the credibility of a peace officer and that has been disclosed in a case in which the peace officer testified pursuant to the Arizona rules of criminal procedure.

C. D. Civil liability may not be imposed on either a law enforcement agency, a prosecuting agency or the board for providing information specified in subsections A, and B and C of this section if there exists a good faith belief that the information is accurate.