HF 4497 Summary

• Law enforcement agencies may terminate officers who commit acts that undermine credibility, integrity, or honesty and must be disclosed as impeachment or exculpatory evidence in criminal cases.

• Prosecutorial authority (county attorney or attorney general) must determine substantiation based on clear and convincing evidence that an officer willfully committed the disqualifying act.

• Chief law enforcement officers may request prosecutorial review using redacted information without naming the officer, with prosecutorial authority required to issue findings within 10 days.

• Officers subject to termination may challenge the prosecutorial authority's findings through binding arbitration, with the employing agency defending the prosecutor's determination.

• Each chief law enforcement officer must establish and enforce a written policy implementing this section by September 1, 2019.