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Texas Senate approves eyewitness ID legislation

State Sen. Rodney Ellis' eyewitness ID legislation passed the Texas Senate yesterday unanimously, with Ellis moving to pass the bill in the memory of Timothy Cole. See coverage from:Lubbock Avalanche JournalThe Texas TribuneThe Austin American-StatesmanSan Antonio Express-News KCBD-TV LubbockThe bill plugs a gaping hole in the public-policy landscape at local police departments, requiring the creation of written policies (88% of departments don't have them) and airing the inadequacies of lineups in court when agencies don't follow them. The bill would also commission the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute at Sam Houston State University to commission a model policy for guidance based on established best practices, but departments are free to deviate as they see fit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 17, 2011 (boomark / email).