72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 2488
 
                         Senate Bill 449
 
Sponsored by Senator BURDICK
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires law enforcement agency to adopt written policy
concerning safe storage of employees' service weapons.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to law enforcement agencies.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section and section 2 of
this 2003 Act, 'law enforcement agency' means any agency that
employs public safety personnel as described in ORS 181.610 who
are issued service weapons.
  (2) A law enforcement agency shall adopt a written policy
concerning the safe storage of its employees' service weapons.
The purpose of the policy is to ensure that a service weapon is:
  (a) Inaccessible to children or persons who are prohibited from
possessing weapons; or
  (b) Inoperable when the weapon is not in the immediate
possession of the employee.
  (3) In adopting a policy under this section, a law enforcement
agency may consider requiring the use of trigger locks, gun safes
or any other mechanism designed to render a weapon inoperable or
inaccessible.
  (4) A law enforcement agency shall make the policy adopted
under this section available to the public.
  (5) Violation of a policy adopted under this section is grounds
for disciplinary action. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) No later than July 1, 2004, a law
enforcement agency shall adopt a policy required by section 1 of
this 2003 Act.
  (2) No later than August 1, 2004, a law enforcement agency
shall submit the policy required by section 1 of this 2003 Act to
the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
  (3) No later than December 31, 2004, the commission shall
submit a report to the Legislative Assembly containing a summary
of the policies submitted to the commission pursuant to this
section. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Unless otherwise authorized by the employment
contract of the employee, section 1 (5) of this 2003 Act does not
apply to contracts entered into before the effective date of this
2003 Act. + }
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