Earlier this week, Gov. McMaster signed a new law on policing standards. The law requires law enforcement agencies statewide to follow minimum standards, on the usage of tactics like chokeholds to subdue suspects.
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The new standard would impose fines starting at $1,000 per day on agencies who violate the standards, until they comply. Violating agencies could be shut down, if the issues persists. The new state law also states that officers who don't intervene when a colleague uses excessive force, would be guilty of misconduct.
The law or at least the timing of it being signed, seems to be in response to the killing of George Floyd, as today (Wednesday) marks the 2 year anniversary of his death