Judiciary Committee Takes Steps Toward Modifying Police Accountability Law
After a stalled effort last week, members of the Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Monday to update the standard for deadly use of force within the 2020 Police Accountability law.
The legislation that passed, a fourth version of the bill, would move the date of the implementation of the state’s new standard for the use of deadly force to Jan. 1 2022 and more clearly define the circumstances under which a police officer would be justified in using deadly force.
“We put our police officers in the job of trying to stop the bad guys on a daily basis,” said Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, said. “Our job is to provide guardrails, to protect that balance between the police and the public.”
The push to get the bill through the committee stalled last week after Fishbein and Republicans submitted a seven word amendment that committee co-chairs Sen. Gary Winfield D-New Haven, and Stafstrom, felt was unnecessary.
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