The reform bills mentioned earlier weren't the only good criminal justice bills that died in the House at midnight yesterday.
It looks like John Carona's SB 388 - creating a law enforcement integrity unit at DPS to investigate police corruption - was another victim of what Harvey Kronberg called the "Tommy Williams Memorial Day Chub." The Governor was down with it and it looked for a fleeting moment like a compromise bill had a good chance of passage. It had been approved by the Calendars Committee and was sitting on the general state calendar when time expired last night.
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The DPS Sunset bill, HB 2730, passed the Senate tonight. It includes a provision creating an Inspector General's office within DPS, which should do some similar things to Carona's bill.
I had some difficulty understanding precisely what Senator Corona's bill would do that was not already being done. Seems I was not alone. And I'm still not entirely clear how the duties of the new IG will differ from those of Internal Affairs.
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