HCS SB 932 -- LAW ENFORCEMENT

SPONSOR:  Loudon (Grisamore)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Crime
Prevention and Public Safety by a vote of 9 to 0.

Currently, peace officers who make traffic stops are required to
receive annual training concerning the prohibition of race
profiling.  This substitute changes the training requirement to
three hours within the law enforcement continuing education
three-year reporting period.

Beginning with Fiscal Year 2010, the General Assembly is required
to appropriate $3 million annually into the newly created Cyber
Crime Investigation Fund to be used by the Department of Public
Safety to administer grants to law enforcement agencies
investigating Internet sex crimes against children and for the
training of prosecuting and circuit attorneys and assistant
prosecuting and circuit attorneys.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Cost on General Revenue Fund of $0 in
FY 2009, $1,500,000 in FY 2010, and $1,500,000 in FY 2011.  No
impact on Other State Funds in FY 2009, FY 2010, and FY 2011.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that increasing the funding to help
local law enforcement agencies will expand their current programs
aimed at protecting children and more arrests will result in
children being safer.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Loudon; Andy Anderson,
Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force; and Missouri Police
Chiefs' Association.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

OTHERS:  Others testifying on the bill say while additional
funding is certainly welcomed, the current funding isn't adequate
to maintain the current program.

Testifying on the bill was Missouri Sheriffs Association.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm