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SCS/SB 289 - Under current law, all licensed peace officers, as a condition of licensure, must obtain continuing law enforcement education and maintain a current address of record on file with the POST Commission. This act provides that in addition to those requirements for licensure, peace officers must submit to being fingerprinted on or before January 1, 2022, and every six years thereafter and also submit to fingerprinting for the purposes of a criminal history background check and enrollment in the state and federal Rap Back Program. Additionally, any time a peace officer is commissioned with a different law enforcement agency he or she must submit to being fingerprinted. The criminal history background check shall include the records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The resulting report shall be forwarded to the peace officer's law enforcement agency. The Rap Back enrollment shall be for the purposes of peace officer disciplinary reports as required by law. Law enforcement officers and law enforcement agencies shall take all necessary steps to maintain officer enrollment in Rap Back for as long as an officer is commissioned with that agency. All law enforcement agencies shall enroll in the state and federal Rap Back programs on or before January 1, 2022. Finally, this act modifies provisions relating to investigations of peace officers. Under current law, any law enforcement agency with information showing a peace officer's unfitness for licensure must provide such information to the POST Commission. This act provides that any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that a peace officer has committed a criminal offense, violated probation, or violated POST Commission regulations shall report such information within thirty days to the officer's chain of command. This act is similar to HB 839 (2021). MARY GRACE BRUNTRAGER
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