Establishes a law enforcement peer support program with confidentiality for peer support communications.
The Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act establishes a law enforcement peer support program. It provides confidentiality for communications arising from peer support counseling. Peer support specialists, who are trained police officers, offer counseling to other officers. Peer support communications are confidential unless they involve a specific threat of suicide, an expression of suicidal ideation, a threat of bodily harm or death, information relating to child abuse or neglect, are required by law, contain an admission of criminal conduct, or are ordered by a court.
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