GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-106

HOUSE BILL 266

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL STATISTICS TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN, and publish STATISTICS ON the use of deadly force by LAW ENFORCEMENT which results in death.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 114 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 114-10.02.  Collection of statistics on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers.

(a) In addition to the duties set forth in G.S. 114-10, the Division of Criminal Statistics shall collect, maintain, and annually publish the number of deaths, by law enforcement agency, resulting from the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers in the course and scope of their official duties.

(b) For purposes of this section, "law enforcement officer" means sworn law enforcement officers with the power of arrest, both State and local."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2010, and applies to uses of deadly force resulting in death that occur on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4^th day of June, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 4:35 p.m. this 15^th day of June, 2009