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Lawmakers hear bills to increase penalties for disarming on-duty officers; sponsor cites past on-duty incidents
Summary
Representative Mueller sponsored House Bills 50-79 and 50-80 to raise penalties for disarming a uniformed, on-duty officer; he described personal experience and said the proposal seeks penalties aligned with unarmed-robbery statutes. The Attorney General's office and law-enforcement groups submitted support cards; no committee vote was recorded.
Representative Mueller presented House Bills 50-79 and 50-80 to the House Judiciary Committee, seeking to increase penalties for attempting to disarm a uniformed, on-duty police officer and for taking an officer’s firearm. Mueller said current law treats an attempt to disarm a uniformed officer as a five-year felony and taking a gun from an on-duty officer as a 10-year felony; he proposed raising penalties to…
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