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Committee backs substitute to extend assault‑of‑officer protection to family members
Summary
After testimony from local chiefs about threats and assaults at officers’ homes, the committee endorsed a staff substitute (version 5) to expand the assault/threat‑of‑violence statute to cover immediate family targeted because of an officer's status.
The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee considered amendments to the assault or threat‑of‑violence statute after local chiefs testified about incidents in which officers and their family members were targeted at home.
Chad Larson, associate general counsel for the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, explained the draft would expand the…
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