Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. (HB1376)
Introduced By
Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Provides that the Department of State Police, a local police department, or a sheriff shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires an officer or deputy to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated time period. The bill provides further that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by an officer or deputy cannot be used as the sole criterion for evaluating such officer's or deputy's job performance. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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12/08/2014 | Committee |
12/08/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100402D |
12/08/2014 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
01/12/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1376) |
01/15/2015 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 |
01/23/2015 | Stricken from docket by Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Comments
Under no conditions should those charged with public safety be motivated by revenue or arrest volume.
The goal of effective law enforcement is top deter and reduce crime, so a job well done should result in diminishing arrests, ? It's also been well established that a known presence of officers not only reduces arrests, but dramatically reduces crime as compared to the "hide and seek" approach. Performance should be a comparison of both crimes reported per capita and crimes reported vs. crimes resulting in arrests/satisfying results. Law enforcement as a revenue stream is aberrant and offensive.