HB 1573 Summary

• Law enforcement officers must intervene when witnessing another officer using or attempting to use excessive force if intervention is objectively reasonable and possible.

• Knowingly failing to intervene in nondeadly excessive force is a second-degree misdemeanor; failing to intervene in deadly excessive force is a third-degree felony, or a second-degree felony if the force results in death or permanent significant physical impairment.

• Officers who fail to render aid to victims of excessive force or fail to report such force according to department policy are subject to disciplinary action including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer.

• Law enforcement officers with actual knowledge of a criminal offense committed by another officer while on duty must report it or face second-degree misdemeanor charges.

• The act takes effect October 1, 2021.