legislation: 112-hr-4309

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112-hr-4309 112 hr 4309 Officer Safety Act of 2012 Law 2012-03-29 2012-03-29 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] WA R R000578 6 Officer Safety Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to deem a law enforcement officer who is the defendant in a criminal prosecution to have been acting under the color of his office (thus authorizing removal of the case to U.S. district court) if the officer: (1) protected an individual in the officer's presence from a crime of violence; (2) provided immediate assistance to an individual who suffered, or who was threatened with, bodily harm; or (3) prevented the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believed to have committed, or was about to commit, in the officer's presence, a crime of violence that resulted in, or that was likely to result in, death or serious bodily injury. 2019-11-15T21:32:31Z  

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