Government
May 20, 2020
Bill to criminalize first responders taking unofficial photos of dead people clears Assembly committee
Those convicted could face a year in prison and a $5,000 fine per violation. The bill would also place an expansive definition of “first responder” into law, adding dispatchers and coroners.
First responders have been widely hailed as heroes during the coronavirus pandemic. But on Tuesday the Assembly Public Safety Committee passed a bill that would criminalize recent high-profile misconduct by one in their ranks.
AB 2655, passed 5-0 and now headed to the full Assembly, would make it a misdemeanor for a first responder to record images of a dead person "for any purpose other than an official law enforcement purpose or ...
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