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Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:
HF 64
A bill for an act relating to confidential communications between a peer support group counselor and specified individuals.(See HF 303.)
Subcommittee members: Fry-CH, Steckman, Thorup
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: House Lounge #2
Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.
Comments Submitted:

01-20-2021
Sarah Jennings [Department of Public Safety]
While the Department of Public Safety takes no position and is currently monitoring this bill, we are strongly supportive of the concept and believe it helps safeguard the wellbeing of individuals in law enforcement. Nonsworn personnel, such as certain crime scene techs and dispatchers, see and hear incredibly difficult things every day and deserve the same confidentiality from peer support as our sworn men and women.