Ala. expands immunity for police with new law

Ala. expands immunity for police with new law

HB202 rewrites Alabama’s police immunity law and adds new definitions for courts to determine whether an officer is justified in a use of force and immune from prosecution

New laws expanding police immunity, electronic monitoring of delinquent juveniles

Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday (May 15) signed the last two of three remaining bills in her anti-crime bill package, House Bills 202 and 199, which expand police immunity and the ability to electronically monitor delinquent juveniles, respectively. “With HB202 signed into law, I am proud Alabama is now the most pro-law enforcement state in the country,” Ivey said in a statement. RELATED: Check out more Alabama news. Subscribe to The Alabama Baptist t…