MN HF3648

Amends Minnesota Statutes section 624.731, subdivision 6 to clarify that section 624.7311 addresses use of electronic incapacitation devices on persons in custody for criminal offenses, effective August 1, 2016

Defines "in custody" as being detained, arrested, taken into physical custody, charged, incarcerated, or otherwise supervised for a criminal offense, regardless of whether a conviction has occurred

Defines "electronic incapacitation cuff" as a device designed to temporarily immobilize or incapacitate a person using electric pulse or current and temporarily attached to or placed on/near a person's body as a restraining or controlling device

Prohibits any person from placing or using an electronic incapacitation cuff on someone who is in custody

Violation of the prohibition is a petty misdemeanor offense, with the law effective August 1, 2016 and applying to acts committed on or after that date