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There are a lot of smart people in Kansas. Why they put up with this stuff is mind boggling.
Kansas House Bill 2648: File false complaint about police, face felony charge
This new bill would now make any false complaint about a law enforcement officer subject to prosecution for perjury, a felony offense.
One attorney spoke in favor of the bill at the hearing. However, several other agencies including representatives from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department and Lenexa Police Department spoke in opposition to the bill.
Nowhere near enough info. There is a difference between a complaint that isn't substantiated and one that is false.
There is a difference in one that is mistaken and one that is false. The two problems I initially have is it seems to me that filing an intentionally false report is already illegal. I do think it's stupid to make laws that only does what current laws already does.
My position is that the police and citizens must all live under the same laws. So my second problem is when the police are caught doing the same their should also be charges not just lawsuits that the same citizens are responsible for paying.
the Local police have been Militarized with our corrupted Government's Blessing... If you hunt real news on the internet (not wwf TV news )you will see case after case of police stepping wayy over the line of serve n protect, pretty brutal to watch really... well this will be a great tool to go along with it...I kinda see it like =we will beat dat arse and if you complain we can rail ya on a felony..so get in line slave
I'm perfectly fine that a felony charge would be filed for anyone filing false police complaints.
A false complaint could potentially cost an innocent officer a promotion or even a job, effectively robbing him of thousands of dollars over a period of years.
Keep in mind, there is a difference between false, unproven and inaccurate. I'm looking at this as a person making up a complaint, not that the complaint can't be thoroughly substantiated.
Let's say a person goes into a police station and files a report that an officer was sexually harassing them during a police encounter. When the investigation is conducted, it's determined that the officer was out of town on vacation with his family during the alleged harassment. Further investigation finds that the officer had arrested the complainant's brother on a drug charge weeks before. I'd think a felony charge would be appropriate in that case.
There are a lot of smart people in Kansas. Why they put up with this stuff is mind boggling.
Kansas House Bill 2648: File false complaint about police, face felony charge
This new bill would now make any false complaint about a law enforcement officer subject to prosecution for perjury, a felony offense.
One attorney spoke in favor of the bill at the hearing. However, several other agencies including representatives from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department and Lenexa Police Department spoke in opposition to the bill.
I am not republican or democrate, however, I don't see the problem with this bill, it states, "File a faulse complaint"? I'm sure we can't have it all, like the Rolling Stones said, You don't always get what you want...however, filing a faulse complaint is just that...right? Or am I naieve?
Someone please help me out here?
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