{"id":1320420,"date":"2020-06-09T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=997110"},"modified":"2020-06-09T13:57:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:57:40","slug":"police-accountability-bill-passes-colorado-senate-32-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/police-accountability-bill-passes-colorado-senate-32-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Police accountability bill passes Colorado Senate 32-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"32\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Associated-Press-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Associated-Press-logo.png 500w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Associated-Press-logo-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 The state Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed a police accountability bill introduced amid protests over the death of George Floyd, sending it to the House for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Senators spoke at length about the compromises that went into the measure before approving it in a 32-1 vote. They also expressed their pain on the day Floyd was being buried in Houston as well as their support for police.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which was changed in response to some issues raised by law enforcement, would ban the use of chokeholds, end the qualified immunity defense that generally protects government workers from being sued and limit force being used to \u201conly when all other means of apprehension are impractical given the circumstances.\u201d All local and Colorado State Patrol officers who interact with the public would have to have body cameras by July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic co-sponsor Sen. Rhonda Fields called the bill \u201csomething we can all be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe can come together to do what\u2019s right for the people of Colorado,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader John Cooke, a former Weld County sheriff, said he thought the bill was originally a \u201cpunishment bill\u201d but he credited its sponsors for listening to concerns from police and making amendments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.308333333333\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 gspi-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.173366834171\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p>Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent\u2019s work possible. 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