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Jun 2023
33m 29s

Police Decertification & SB 2

Attorney J. Craig Williams and Legal Talk Network
About this episode

On September 30, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), also known as the Kenneth Ross, Jr. Police Decertification Act of 2021, establishing a statewide system to decertify or suspend officers who have committed serious misconduct.

So what constitutes police misconduct? And how is SB 2 shaping police departments? In this episode, host Craig Williams is joined by guest Marshal Arnwine, Jr., an Advocate for the Criminal Justice Program at the ACLU of Northern California. Craig and Marshal discuss SB 2, decertification due to police misconduct, transparency in police departments, and the impact on states' decertification/revocation laws.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Police Decertification in California: How Does it Work?

Protect SB 2 Press Conference (Bradford, 2021)

Coalition Opposition to SB 2 TBL: Contact Information

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