Kentucky鈥檚 statewide police union is speaking out against a proposal to ban no-knock search warrants and penalize officers who don鈥檛 activate body cameras while executing search warrants.
Louisville Democratic Rep. Attica Scott proposed , which she named 鈥淏reonna鈥檚 Law鈥� for Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by Louisville police executing a no-knock search warrant in March.
on Sunday, the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police said that the bill was 鈥渂ased on an incomplete investigation and no facts鈥� and that it didn鈥檛 provide due process for officers.
鈥淵et again, emotion takes the day, not fact based evidence. The unintended consequences will be so severe, likely a mass exodus of great cops all across this Commonwealth. Yet again, cops have been made out to be the enemy of the people and used as no more than ,鈥� the Kentucky FOP wrote on Facebook.
Kentucky FOP鈥檚 governmental affairs chair Drew Fox did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
Scott鈥檚 bill would require police officers to knock and wait at least ten seconds before executing a search warrant.
It would also require drug and alcohol testing of officers any time they shoot their guns or are involved in a deadly incident.
And the bill would allow for disciplinary action, including suspension or dismissal, if an officer fails to turn on their body camera while executing a search warrant.
In an interview on Monday, Scott said that police officers should feel protected by the bill because they can use body camera footage to defend their actions.
鈥淚f they actually read the bill and talked to me before they decided to attack me, they would have found that the elements of the bill protect them as well,鈥� Scott said.
Scott proposed her bill on Thursday, which marked 150 days since Taylor鈥檚 death.
The Republican leader of the Kentucky Senate, Robert Stivers, that he was working on a bill that would ban most no-knock warrants in the state, except in hostage situations.
Stivers has not filed the bill yet, and his spokesperson didn鈥檛 respond to a request for comment Monday. The Kentucky FOP has not publicly commented on his bill.
Scott said she hopes her bill gets support in the Republican-led legislature.
鈥淭his is their opportunity to show some leadership, to show some humility and say let鈥檚 work together to pass a bill that the community is crying out for and be responsive to their needs,鈥� Scott said.
Republicans currently control 28 seats in the 38-member Senate and 61 seats in the 100-member House.
Louisville鈥檚 metro council a local ordinance banning no-knock warrants and expanding the use of body cameras in June.
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