HF1 Summary

• Establishes peer counseling and critical incident stress management protections for emergency service providers with confidentiality safeguards and limited exceptions for mandated reporting and imminent danger situations

• Creates independent Use of Force Investigations Unit within Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate officer-involved deaths and criminal sexual conduct cases involving peace officers, expiring August 1, 2024

• Prohibits choke holds, hogtying, and face-down transport unless deadly force is authorized; restricts deadly force to defense of human life or prevention of great bodily harm with objective reasonableness standard

• Establishes Ensuring Police Excellence and Improving Community Relations Advisory Council with 15 members including community representatives, law enforcement leadership, and legislative appointees to advise Peace Officer Standards and Training Board

• Requires peace officers to intercede when observing excessive force and report illegal use of force within 24 hours; prohibits warrior-style training; mandates crisis intervention, mental illness, and autism training; creates central database for peace officer misconduct data; requires arbitrator roster for discipline grievance arbitrations with cultural competency training