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IN HB1113
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/6/2011
Primary Sponsor
Phyllis Pond
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AI Summary
- Requires police vehicles conducting traffic stops to be equipped with both a siren and red/blue emergency signal lamps for the stop to be valid
- Mandates that authorized emergency vehicles must use their sirens when in immediate pursuit of actual or suspected law violators (previously discretionary)
- Changes the crime of resisting law enforcement to require that fleeing occurs after an officer identifies themselves using both visible AND audible means (sirens and emergency lights), rather than either/or
- Requires law enforcement officers making traffic arrests or issuing citations to either wear a uniform and badge, present departmental ID with a badge, or operate a properly equipped police vehicle with emergency lights and siren
- Adds Class A felony conviction for resisting law enforcement resulting in a law enforcement officer's death to the list of offenses for which courts may order license suspension
Legislative Description
Authorized emergency vehicles.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/6/2011
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