Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Victim
Date Enacted:
Saturday, November 2, 2002
Short Title:
"James Guelff and Chris McCurley Body Armor Act of 2002"
Classification:
42 USC 379ll-3
PL:
107-273, div. C, title I, section 11099
Statute At Large:
116 Stat 1819
Named For?:
James Guelff was a San Francisco Police Officer who was shot to death on November 13, 1994, by a heavily-armed gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest and kevlar helmet. Chris McCurley was a Captain in the Etowah County, Alabama Drug Task Force, and was killed in 1997 by a drug dealer who was using protective body armor.
Link/Source:
Findings in legilsation. Also Guelff - CR S535-536, Jan. 24, 2001, Statement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein;
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
Senate version sponsored by Sen. Feinstein (CA)