H.F. No. 91 Summary

• Expand the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training from 15 to 19 members, adding four members appointed by the governor from the general public and two members appointed by the commissioner of human rights.

• Establish a Police-Community Relations Council with 15 members including law enforcement representatives, community organizers, mental health advocates, victim advocates, and representatives from community-specific boards to review misconduct complaints and make disciplinary recommendations to the board.

• Require law enforcement agencies to submit data beginning January 15, 2021 on peace officer complaints, disciplinary actions, terminations, criminal prosecutions, and use of force incidents to a designated community-based research organization.

• Authorize the Police-Community Relations Council to monitor complaint data and notify officers' employers when an officer has an excessive number of complaints, with criteria to be established in consultation with the council.

• Appropriate funds in fiscal year 2021 to the Office of Justice Programs for a grant to a community-based research organization to develop a system to classify and report peace officer discipline data.