The legislation would also require officers "to be identifiable via their uniform, whether with name or other identifier," according to Democratic Sens. Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Jesse Arreguin of Berkeley, who introduced Senate Bill 627, also known as the "No Secret Police Act."
Wiener said the legislation was prompted by the Trump administration's recent immigration crackdown and reports of federal agents wearing masks and allegedly not identifying themselves during operations.
The lawmakers said they believed the measure would improve public trust in law enforcement.
In an interview with Margaret Brennan of "Face the Nation" on June 8, Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem has defended law enforcement covering their faces. "It's for the safety of those individuals or the work that they're doing as far as protecting their identity so they can continue to do investigative work," Noem said.
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