Amendment #18 to H4860

Transparency in Use of Electronic Control Weapons and Devices

Representatives Hendricks of New Bedford and Cabral of New Bedford move to amend the bill, as amended, by adding the following section:

SECTION 92 (a) ''Electronic Control Weapon or Device", as used in section 92b shall mean any portable device or weapon from which an electrical current, impulse, wave or beam may be directed which such current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to temporarily incapacitate.

(b) Section 131J of said Chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the last sentence, the following paragraphs:- “If an electronic control weapon is discharged by a law enforcement or public safety official, the data relative to such, including time and duration of discharge, serial number of device used, and identity of the official responsible for discharge, must be reported within 24 hours to the official's commanding officer and to the Attorney General's office. Any contractor whose business consists of collecting electronic control weapon data for the Commonwealth, upon notice of discharge of an electronic control weapon under its purview, shall report the time and duration of said discharge, and serial number of device used to the Attorney General's Office within 24 hours.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #18 to H4860

Transparency in Use of Electronic Control Weapons and Devices