Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-1086-R1

Redraft EPS 1086

Safer Options for the State Police

Mr. Timilty moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

“Section X. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary the department of the state police shall ensure full deployment of conductive electronic weapons no later than January 1, 2017. For this section ‘full deployment’ shall mean issuance of these weapons consistent with the departments standards for issuing a firearm to their employees.”