Easier to professionally decertify cops for excessive force or racial profiling
Towns can create Civilian Review Boards with subpoena power
State Department of Criminal Justice begins creating new, independent Inspector General office to prosecute excessive force claims
January 2021:
Mandatory behavioral health assessments for officers every five years
April 2021:
"Duty to Intervene" law begins, which requires an officer to either stop or attempt to stop another sworn employee when force is being inappropriately applied
Ban on chokeholds begins, except in life-or-death situations
July 2021:
Officers Qualified Immunity is reduced. This is the most controversial change. Citizens will be able sue individual police officers. But the officer only pays legal bills if they're guilty of an egregious violation.
July 2022:
All officers must have body cameras and dashboard cameras in their patrol cars. The extra time gives police departments time to purchase the equipment. The state will help for it