SB 659

Abstract

Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural GuaranteeAct; hearing panel decisions. Provides that for the purposesof the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act a majoritydecision of a hearing panel shall be binding on the employing agency.Under current law, such decisions are advisory recommendations only.The bill also provides that a hearing panel's decision may be appealedto the circuit court in the jurisdiction where the grievance arose.Lastly, the bill provides that the third member of the hearing panelshall not be from within the employing law-enforcement agency.