Lethal force bill awaits Governor’s signature
Assembly Bill 392 was introduced in response to several police officer-involved shootings
After a year of contention over California’s lethal force law, Assembly Bill 392 passed in the Senate
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The bill was introduced after several officer-involved shootings including
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“AB 392 will transform California from a state with one of the most permissive
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Yuba City Police Chief Robert Landon said he stands with the California Police Chiefs Association’s stance on changes made to the bill before passage.
“We are grateful that Dr. Weber and the ACLU agreed to remove the definition of ‘necessary’ that required officers to exhaust all reasonable alternatives before using deadly force and eroded an officer’s right to selfdefense,” Landon wrote in an email Wednesday, referring to the bill’s original author Assembly
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Matthew R. Thorn, 29, of the 1,500 block of John Place, Yuba City, was arrested by the Yuba City Police Department at 4:25 a.m. July 12 on the 1,500 block of John Place in Yuba City on suspicion of corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant, kidnapping and battery with serious bodily injury. He was booked into the Sutter County Jail.
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