Calif. lawmakers approve UOF bill

By: Hannah Wiley, The Sacramento Bee

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A measure that would make California’s law governing police use of force one of the strictest in the country cleared the Legislature late Monday and is on its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

Assembly Bill 392 passed the Senate floor on Monday afternoon in the final leg of a yearlong process to elevate California’s deadly force law from when officers think it’s “reasonable” to only when “necessary.”

The Democratic governor is expected to sign the measure. He called it “an important bill” that will “help restore community trust in our criminal justice system” in late May.

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/use-of-force/articles/484358006-Calif-lawmakers-approve-UOF-bill/