Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
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Overview
This bill creates a grant program under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to help state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies hire retired law enforcement officers to assist with civilian law enforcement tasks. These tasks include things like homicide investigations, reviewing camera footage, and providing expertise in technology. The program includes accountability measures, such as audits and exclusions for agencies with unresolved audit findings, to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of grant funds.
Key provisions
- Establishes a grant program for civilian law enforcement tasks.
- Eligible entities include state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies.
- Retired law enforcement officers can be hired to train civilian employees and perform civilian law enforcement tasks.
- Grants can be used for tasks like homicide investigations, camera footage review, and forensics analysis.
- The Attorney General will conduct audits of grant recipients to prevent fraud and abuse.
- Recipients with unresolved audit findings will be excluded from receiving grants for two years.
- Priority will be given to agencies without unresolved audit findings in the previous three years.
- The Attorney General must report on grant awards and the reasons for awarding multiple grants to the same applicant.
Who is affected
- State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
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