State lawmakers are taking a more active role in police accountability after unarmed Stephon Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers in 2018. But deadlines and delayed funding are testing the limits of California justice agencies.
California Department of Justice agents realized they were short-handed just hours after a Los Angeles police officer shot and killed an unarmed man on Hollywood Boulevard.on the morning of July 15, 2021, waving what appeared to be a pistol in a busy tourist pocket. The object in his hand turned out to be a lighter with a pistol grip.to investigate police shootings of unarmed civilians.
“There were dozens of tasks and assignments that the … special agents could not accomplish because of limited staffing,” the department wrote inBody camera footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department of the shooting of Matthew Sova on July 15, 2021. Screenshot via YouTube But ambitious deadlines, new job responsibilities and delayed funding are testing the limits of both agencies, officials say.
Both agencies were redirected by legislation. For the Justice Department, its new role came with Assembly Bill 1506, which mandates that its agents investigate each officer-involved shooting of an unarmed civilian. Beginning next year, upon request of a law enforcement agency, the state is also supposed to begin reviewing the local agency’s use of force policy and make recommendations.When the Gov.
Becerra complained about that discrepancy to the bill’s author, Democrat Assemblymember Kevin McCarty of Sacramento. “The Department of Justice is a multi-billion dollar agency,” McCarty said. “They have lots of other funding sources to pay for it, and we can settle up afterward.”By clicking subscribe, you agree to share your email address with CalMatters to receive marketing, updates, and other emails.When reminded of the 2021 letter he received from Becerra asking for more money, McCarty was still skeptical.
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