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Committee approves expansion to enforce California'wide ban on masked law enforcement after federal court guidance
Summary
SB 1004 would extend the "No Secret Police" ban to state law enforcement so the statute applies evenly to federal, state and local officers; authors and victims'family testimony drove urgency, while law-enforcement associations urged a good-faith exemption and warned of increased liability and staffing impacts.
Senate Bill 1004, a follow-up to last year's No Secret Police Act, would expand the state's prohibition on masking by law enforcement to include state officers so the law applies evenly across federal, state and local agencies. The committee moved the measure as amended after an extended exchange between victims' witnesses and law-enforcement representatives.
The bill's sponsor described a February federal district court ruling that upheld California's power to ban…
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