Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 54
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/27/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Richter) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 28 - 53
    4  and insert:
    5         WHEREAS, the police officers then placed Kevin Colindres
    6  into custody, handcuffing him behind the back and taking him out
    7  of the house, where the police officers placed him prone on the
    8  ground and applied a hobble restraint to his ankles, and
    9         WHEREAS, in violation of their training and the City of
   10  Miami’s policies and procedures, the police officers left Kevin
   11  Colindres prone on the ground and applied weight to his back,
   12  and
   13         WHEREAS, in violation of their training and the City of
   14  Miami’s policies and procedures, the police officers left Kevin
   15  Colindres in this position in excess of 10 minutes, and
   16         WHEREAS, in violation of their training and the City of
   17  Miami’s policies and procedures, the police officers failed to
   18  appropriately check Kevin Colindres’ vital signs, and
   19         WHEREAS, in violation of their training and the City of
   20  Miami’s policies and procedures, upon realizing that Kevin
   21  Colindres had stopped breathing, the officers failed to advise
   22  the fire rescue department of the urgency of the matter, thereby
   23  delaying the response by fire rescue personnel, and