A bill that would encourage law enforcement to take people to treatment programs passed the Senate April 11 with bipartisan support.
“The frontline person who touches people is often law enforcement, and some of those officers are afraid to take them community based alternatives because the Penal Code doesn’t clearly allow them to do so. Explicitly clarifying the Penal Code will alter how law enforcement sees taking people to these programs,” bill author and Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City) said.
AB 2215 passed with bipartisan support, in a 72-0 vote.
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