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City Council
June 6, 2023
PUBLIC SAFETY LEGISLATION
City Manager’s Office
Police Department
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2 • On March 7, 2023, City Council approved the Biennial Legislative Platform for 2023-2024.
• On April 19, 2023, the Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee received a presentation regarding public safety, law enforcement, and controlled substance legislation.
• On May 23, 2023, City Council received and update on public safety legislation and motioned to bring forth an opposition to Assembly Bill 93 and Assembly Bill 742.
BACKGROUND
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3 Platform Legislative Positions and Policy Statement are broken into the following areas:
• Arts, Culture & Recreation
• Community Well-Being
• Economic Opportunity
• Environmental Stewardship
• High Performing Government
• Infrastructure, Mobility & Connectivity
RIVERSIDE BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
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4 POSITIONS AND POLICY STATEMENTS
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5 ASSEMBLY BILL 93
Assembly Bill 93 (AB 93) is proposing to change consensual searches. The bill would prohibit a peace officer or law enforcement agency from conducting a warrantless search based solely on a person’s consent.
Existing law authorizes a peace officer to conduct a search without a warrant if they have the voluntary consent of the person.
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6 OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL 93
Significant impacts to:
• Restricts individual’s rights to consent or cooperate with an investigation • Impact on school campus safety
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7 ASSEMBLY BILL 742
Assembly Bill 742 (742) is proposing to prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend or to arrest a person, or to be used for crowd control purposes. AB 742 allows the use of an unleashed police canine to avoid the use of deadly force or to defend against a lethal threat by the person.
Additionally, the bill would attribute the d eath of or serious bodily injury to a person caused by the police canine to the canine’s handler (constituting deadly force). AB 742 would also prohibit law enforcement age ncies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with the bill.
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8 SCOPE OF RIVERSIDE CANINE OFFICERS
• MISSION to support all divisions within the Police
Department
• They make it safe for officers/detectives to
search for:
• Felony suspects
• Suspects armed with a weapon
• Lost or missing persons
• Explosives/firearms
• Discarded evidence
• Illegal narcotics
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9 2022 CANINE STATISTICS
Calls for Service 3,269
Building Searches 1,877
Area Searches 1,192
K-9 Deployments 3,647
Give-ups 125
Apprehensions 8
3.4%
.002%
96.4%
3,647 Canine Deployments
Give-ups
Apprehentions
Suspect Not
Located/GOA
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10 OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL 742
Significant impacts to:
• Non-lethal options/responses
• Impact on Public Safety to enforce the law
• Increase liability on Canine Officer response
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11 RECOMMENDATIONS
That the City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution opposing Assembly Bill 93 to add Section 833.6 to the Penal Code related to consensual searches; and
2. Adopt a resolution opposing Assembly Bill 742 to add Section 13653 to the Penal Code related to the use of police canines.
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