Addressing the coordination between local law enforcement and the department of corrections.
Summary
Requires the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to implement procedures, as part of the city and county jail booking and reporting system, to automatically notify the Department of Corrections (DOC) of the status of an offender.
Authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest an offender for a violation of a condition of supervision without a warrant upon oral or written authority from the DOC.
Requires the DOC to provide law enforcement officers with access to a 24-hour hotline staffed by a community corrections officer who can provide authorization to detain a person who is under supervision of the DOC and in violation of conditions of supervision.
Provides that state and local governments and their agencies, officers, or employees are immune from civil liability for access to or operation of the 24-hour hotline or for a decision to detain or not to detain an individual.
Provides that the act is null and void if specific funding, by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2010, in the omnibus appropriations act.
From the Second Substitute House Bill Report (2SSB 6316), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not passDid not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House