Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill allows the State Justice Institute to provide funding to organizations that can establish and operate a State judicial threat intelligence and resource center. This center would focus on providing training, technical assistance, and security assessments for courts and judges, as well as proactively monitoring and coordinating responses to threats against judicial personnel and facilities. The center would also develop standardized reporting practices and a national database for sharing threat information.
Key provisions
- Authorizes the State Justice Institute to provide grants to eligible organizations.
- Defines ‘eligible organization’ based on expertise in judicial security and safety.
- Directs the resource center to provide training on judicial officer safety.
- Requires the center to conduct physical security assessments of court facilities.
- Mandates proactive monitoring of threats to judges and court staff.
- Calls for coordination with law enforcement agencies.
- Establishes a system for reporting and sharing threat information.
- Requires the State Justice Institute to submit annual reports on threats to the Judiciary Committees.
Who is affected
- State and local courts
- Judges
- Court staff
- State Justice Institute
- National nonprofit organizations
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