Missouri bill would require yearly rights training for peace officers

Peace officers would take training on racial profiling and constitutional rights. It covers all peace officers in Missouri, including state and local officers. The training would happen at least once each year.

Government bodies and employees could share immigration-status information with federal authorities, and government bodies could not block that cooperation. The provisions cover Missouri government bodies, officials, and public employees and information about anyone's lawful or unlawful immigration status. The permission and limits apply only when there is a clear, documented public safety concern. The rules in subsections 1 and 3 would not apply to state or local agencies administering certain federal public benefit programs. The public-safety condition applies to government communication and cooperation and to public employees' sharing, keeping, or exchanging immigration-status information.

Municipalities and other political subdivisions could collect and share people's identities using a federal fingerprint identification system. This provision covers Missouri municipalities and other political subdivisions. They could use the method of the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System or its successor.

State agencies and departments would withhold funding and grants from government bodies found to have certain policies until those policies end. The funding restriction covers Missouri government entities, agencies, and political subdivisions. A legislator could ask the attorney general for an opinion after a resident complaint about a specific government body or before state funds or a grant are provided. The restriction applies when the body is found to have a policy that violates the rules against using state resources to enforce discriminatory immigration policies or restricting specified information-sharing. The bill separately says those rules do not apply to state or local agencies administering certain federal public benefit programs. Funding would be withheld until the policy is repealed or no longer in effect.