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Committee considers bill to criminalize knowingly false reports about law-enforcement misconduct
Summary
House Bill 109 would create or revise false-reporting offenses to make knowingly false reports of officer misconduct a misdemeanor; supporters and critics debated investigative and prosecutorial implications.
Representative Dennis Mannion introduced House Bill 109 as a companion measure aimed at false reports to law-enforcement agencies. The bill would make it a misdemeanor to knowingly report to an officer or agency that a police officer engaged in misconduct if the reporter knows the allegation is false, and would increase penalties for knowingly reporting false or baseless allegations of criminal conduct to an agency.
Sponsor's intent: Mannion said the measure targets people who intentionally make false accusations…
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