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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to peace officer training on recognizing and recording |
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circumstances that indicate strangulation in certain cases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1701.253(d), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Training in documentation of cases required by |
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Subsection (b) shall include instruction in: |
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(1) making a written account of the extent of injuries |
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sustained by the victim of an alleged offense; |
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(2) recording by photograph or videotape the area in |
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which an alleged offense occurred and the victim's injuries; [and] |
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(3) recognizing and recording a victim's statement |
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that may be admissible as evidence in a proceeding concerning the |
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matter about which the statement was made; and |
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(4) recognizing and recording circumstances |
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indicating that a victim may have been assaulted in the manner |
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described by Section 22.01(b)(2)(B), Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1701.352(f), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) Training in documentation of cases required by |
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Subsection (b) shall include instruction in: |
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(1) making a written account of the extent of injuries |
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sustained by the victim of an alleged offense; |
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(2) recording by photograph or videotape the area in |
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which an alleged offense occurred and the victim's injuries; [and] |
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(3) recognizing and recording a victim's statement |
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that may be admissible as evidence in a proceeding concerning the |
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matter about which the statement was made; and |
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(4) recognizing and recording circumstances |
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indicating that a victim may have been assaulted in the manner |
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described by Section 22.01(b)(2)(B), Penal Code. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas |
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Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish or modify training |
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programs as necessary to comply with Section 1701.253, Occupations |
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Code, as amended by this Act. |
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(b) The minimum curriculum requirements under Section |
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1701.253(d), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only |
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to a peace officer who first begins to satisfy those requirements on |
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or after January 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |