Police Officers Bill Of Rights

A set of due process rights for police officers under internal investigation for alleged misconduct maryland s leobor includes a provision that the officers cannot be forced to make any statements for 10 days after the incident during which time they are presumed to be searching for a lawyer.

Police officers bill of rights. In 1974 maryland became the first state to pass a law enforcement officer s bill of rights giving police protections that made it harder to hold them accountable. The law enforcement officers bill of rights leobr or leobor is intended to protect american law enforcement personnel from investigation and prosecution arising from conduct during official performance of their duties and provides them with privileges based on due process additional to those normally provided to other citizens. It was first set forth in 1974 following supreme court.

Legislative findings and declaration for purposes of this chapter the term public safety officer means all peace officers specified. Other states followed suit. Public safety officers procedural bill of rights act government code sections 3300 3312 3300 title this chapter is known and may be cited as the public safety officers procedural bill of rights act.