[ §139-12] Law enforcement officers; diversity.

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(a)The State shall have a goal of each law enforcement agency increasing the employment of:

(1)Female law enforcement officers to thirty per cent of all law enforcement officers employed by that law enforcement agency by 2030; provided that each law enforcement agency shall use the percentage of female law enforcement officers employed by that law enforcement agency as of January 1, 2023, as the benchmark for measuring the law enforcement agency's progress toward achieving the goal set forth in this section; and

(2)Law enforcement officers who do not adhere to the gender binary.

(b)To effectuate the purposes of this section, each law enforcement agency shall recruit law enforcement officers from diverse backgrounds, including diverse educational backgrounds.

(c)As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 78-52. [L 2024, c 251, §2]