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Police Decertification

When police are fired for misconduct, or they resign to avoid being fired, sometimes they are rehired by other agencies. Most states have a decertification body to prevent this, but these systems vary greatly and in many states are hardly used at all.

last updated: November 2021

48 States

Police Decertification process

2 States + DC

No police decertification process

Recent Legislation

2021

California

Created a decertification process for police

2020

Massachusetts

Created a decertification process for police

Hawaii

Gave the law enforcement standards board the ability to decertify officers

2016

New York

Became the 45th state to adopt a decertification system

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