Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
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Overview
This bill, the Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act, creates a grant program to help state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies utilize retired law enforcement personnel for civilian tasks. Specifically, it allows agencies to hire retired officers to assist in investigations, analyze crime scenes, and perform other support functions, while excluding them from making arrests or using force. The program requires agencies to assess the training and experience of these officers and to conduct background checks, including reviewing disciplinary records, to ensure accountability.
Key provisions
- Establishes a grant program for civilian law enforcement tasks.
- Defines ‘civilian law enforcement task’ to include activities like homicide investigations and forensics analysis.
- Requires eligible entities to assess the training and experience of retired officers.
- Mandates a review of retired officers’ disciplinary records before hiring.
- Requires audits of grant recipients by the Department of Justice to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
- Establishes a penalty for grantees with unresolved audit findings, including exclusion from receiving future grants.
- Prioritizes grant applications from entities without unresolved audit findings.
- Requires the Attorney General to certify grant completion and exclusions annually.
Who is affected
- State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
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