The vote by the state Criminal Justice Training Commission resolves a dispute between lawmakers and the commission about how far back officers can be held accountable under Senate Bill 5051.
The law, which took effect July 25, 2021, expands the criminal justice commission’s authority to investigate and decertify police officers. Decertification — essentially, revoking an officer’s policing license — prevents someone from working as a cop anywhere in the state.
As detailed in a story by Crosscut last August, staff members of the state commission believed the commission could not apply the new decertification law retroactively to older misconduct. That was counter to key lawmakers’ intentions when passing the bill.
The issue gained new attention
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