§ 2362a. Potential hiring agency; duty to contact former agency
(a)(1) Prior to hiring a law enforcement officer who is no longer employed at his or her last law enforcement agency, the executive officer of a potential hiring law enforcement agency shall:
(A) require that officer to execute a written waiver that explicitly authorizes the officer's last law enforcement agency employer to disclose the reason that officer is no longer employed by that agency; and
(B) contact that former agency to determine that reason and provide to that agency a copy of that written waiver.
(2) An officer who refuses to execute the written waiver shall not be hired by the potential hiring agency.
(b)(1)(A) If that former agency is a law enforcement agency in this State, the executive officer of that former agency or designee shall disclose to the potential hiring agency in writing the reason the officer is no longer employed by the former agency.
(B) The executive officer or designee shall send a copy of the disclosure to the officer at the same time he or she sends it to the potential hiring agency.
(2) Such a former agency shall be immune from liability for its disclosure described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, unless such disclosure would constitute intentional misrepresentation or gross negligence. (Added 2017, No. 56, § 1.)