A bill headed to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper would allow civilians to investigate traffic collisions in North Carolina.
House Bill 140, which cleared the General Assembly on Wednesday with a final vote in the North Carolina House, would allow cities to hire “civilian traffic investigators” to respond to some motor vehicle collisions. Investigators would have to go through training before starting the job, the bill said.
The bill passed in a final vote in the state House on Wednesday by a margin of 100-6 after previously passing the state Senate and House by large margins. It’s now up to Cooper to either sign the bill into law or veto it.
The program would help alleviate law enforcement staffing shortages, supporters say, and is already used in some North Carolina cities.
Here’s what to know about the civilian traffic investigators proposal and what it would mean for Charlotte drivers:
Under House Bill 140, North Carolina cities will be allowed to hire civilians to serve as traffic investigators.
The bill allows cities to establish their own “minimum standards for employment” for the investigators, but anyone hired for the role would have to go through “a training program designed by the North Carolina Justice Academy.”
And after training, investigators will have to go through “not less than four weeks of field training with a law enforcement officer who has experience conducting traffic crash investigations.”
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