(a)        Every agency in the State that employs personnel certified by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission or the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission shall develop and implement an early warning system to document and track the actions and behaviors of law enforcement officers for the purpose of intervening and improving performance. The early warning system required by this section shall include information, at a minimum, regarding the following:

(1)        Instances of the discharge of a firearm.

(2)        Instances of use of force.

(3)        Vehicle collisions.

(4)        Citizen complaints.

(b)        Information collected under this section that is confidential under State or federal law shall remain confidential.

(c)        For purposes of this section, “law enforcement officer” means any sworn law enforcement officers with the power of arrest, both State and local. ?(2021-138, s. 8(a).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 17F-10

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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