Criminal,
Government
Oct. 24, 2019
Less heralded than AB 392, SB 230 may have greater long term impact on police practices
California’s Legislature passed two laws this year, Assembly Bill 392 and Senate Bill 230, which modernize the state’s use of force and related training requirements for police officers starting Jan. 1, 2020, replacing standards first established and, incredibly, unchanged since 1872. The former got star attention to date, but the latter may ultimately prove more important.
J. Scott Tiedemann
Managing Partner
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Phone: (310) 981-2000
Email: stiedemann@lcwlegal.com
Scott advises public safety agencies across California on a myriad of personnel issues, including internal affairs investigations, responding to a critical incident, the training standards set for peace officers by POST, and the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA). Scott has represented public safety agencies in many high-profile matters involving alleged unreasonable or excessive use of force.
Paul D. Knothe
Partner
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Phone: (310) 981-2029
Email: pknothe@lcwlegal.com
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC
California's Legislature passed two laws this year, Assembly Bill 392 and Senate Bill 230, which modernize the state's use of force and related training requirements for police officers starting Jan. 1, 2020, replacing standards first established and, incredibly, unchanged since 1872. The former got star attention to date, but the latter may ultimately prove more important.
AB 392, authored by Assemblymember Shirley Weber, garnered t...
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