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Committee hears AGO request to allow confidential IDs for investigators
Summary
HB 2096 would permit the Department of Licensing to issue confidential driver's licenses or identicards to Office of the Attorney General investigators for undercover civil or criminal work; AGO said it would protect investigators, while law enforcement associations raised concerns about background checks and deconfliction.
The committee heard House Bill 2,096, an Attorney General request bill to authorize the Department of Licensing to issue confidential driver's licenses and identicards to investigators employed by the Office of the Attorney General for undercover or covert civil and criminal investigations.
Sandy Meyer summarized that DOL currently issues confidential credentials for commissioned law enforcement officers and that the bill would extend a statutory authorization to AGO investigators. Meyer said both the Attorney General's Office and DOL…
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