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GA HR1458
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Keisha Waites
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AI Summary
- Encourages all Georgia state, county, and local law enforcement agencies to engage in emergency vehicle pursuits only when there is probable cause the suspect has committed or is committing murder, armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, aggravated battery, or any offense creating an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury
- Non-binding resolution noting that several hundred persons nationwide, including officers and innocent bystanders, are injured or killed each year during emergency pursuits
- References existing Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 35-1-14) requiring all law enforcement agencies conducting emergency pursuits to adopt written pursuit policies
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Sheriffs' Association, and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police
Legislative Description
State, county and local law enforcement agencies; engage in emergency pursuits only in the most necessary instances; encourage
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/24/2016
Full Bill Text
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