HOUSE BILL No. 4827

 

 

July 12, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Chang and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to require the submitting of certain reports by certain

 

law enforcement agencies to the Michigan commission on law

 

enforcement standards; and to prescribe certain duties of law

 

enforcement agencies.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "use

 

of force by law enforcement reporting act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Commission" means the Michigan commission on law

 

enforcement standards created in section 3 of the Michigan

 

commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL

 

28.603.

 

     (b) "Law enforcement agency" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards


act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.602.

 

     (c) "Use of force report" or "report" means the report

 

required under section 3.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) Each law enforcement agency in this state, once

 

each year on a date and in a form prescribed by the commission,

 

shall forward to the commission a use of force report. The report

 

must not contain the name of any individual.

 

     (2) The report must include all of the following information

 

involving the use of physical controls, intermediate controls, or

 

deadly force response, or each of the equivalent use of force

 

categories if the commission updates the subject control continuum,

 

by a law enforcement officer as described in the commission subject

 

control continuum for the year preceding the year of the report:

 

     (a) The number and type of use of force complaints made

 

against officers of the agency submitting the report.

 

     (b) The number of shooting incidents involving officers of the

 

agency submitting the report.

 

     (c) The disposition of all investigations into use of force

 

complaints against, and shooting incidents involving, officers of

 

the agency submitting the report.

 

     (d) The racial, ethnic, and gender demographic data of

 

individuals who made use of force complaints against officers of

 

the agency submitting the report.

 

     (e) The racial, ethnic, and gender demographic data of

 

individuals who were involved in shooting incidents involving

 

officers of the agency submitting the report.

 

     (3) If a law enforcement agency maintains a public website,


the agency shall publish the report required under this section on

 

its website.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.