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"...Under the bill, officers cannot be found liable if they reasonably believed that the interference was necessary to (1) lawfully enforce a criminal law or mu
by Spoom 15y ago
"...Under the bill, officers cannot be found liable if they reasonably believed that the interference was necessary to (1) lawfully enforce a criminal law or municipal ordinance; ..."
Is there anything that would prevent a police department from convincing their municipality to enact an ordinance stating that recording of police officers was illegal?
- camiller 15y agoI didn't see a specific supremacy clause in the text of the bill, so probably that will happen, then the state will have to go back in a couple years and amend this to say that the state law overrides any municipal law.
- dhugiaskmak 15y agoThere's no need because the next exception, (2) protect public safety;, is so vague that it makes the law essentially unenforceable.