Identifying Crime Bill
Section 1: Law enforcement departments shall make publically available all collected crime data excepting;
a. Data that shall directly or indirectly identify the victim of each crime.
b. Data that is being collected by law enforcement agencies for the purposes of a criminal investigation.
c. Data that has been collected by law enforcement agencies for the purposes of a criminal trial by jury.
Section 2: Crime data shall be compiled, analysed and disseminated to the public in written and visual format for each ZIP Code Tabulation Area.
Section 3: The Senate shall appropriate $50million for the development and support of online mapping and visual display to made available to the public.
Spon: Sen. Afleitch
Hi there, constituent Badger here with a letter to my senators regarding the proposed crime bill:
Including the exceptions for data collection lettered b and c (especially b) would essentially exclude
all data gathered by the police. Literally everything. Simply put, collecting data for criminal investigations is what police officers do. Also, regarding exception c, there is no justification at all to differentiate between evidence collected in preparation for a jury trial vs. that collected in preparation for a trial to the bench (i.e. one heard directly by a judge instead of a jury).
I very much like the idea and goal of this bill. On line crime maps would be of great practical benefit to community groups. I also appreciate the desire to protect victims ID's and not interfere in ongoing criminal investigations/prosecutions. That said, the exceptions will have to be theroughly reworded or else this law will not permit gathering
any of the data needed to meet its desired end. I urge the senate to do so and pass an amended form of this worthy bill.
Respectfully Signed,
Assemblyman Badger
Mideast
