Sec. 9. Training of State and local law enforcement personnel relating to the enforcement of immigration laws
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish— a training manual for law enforcement personnel of a State, or of a political subdivision of a State, to train such personnel in the investigation, identification, apprehension, arrest, detention, and transfer to Federal custody of aliens unlawfully present in the United States (including the transportation of such aliens across State lines to detention centers and the identification of fraudulent documents); and an immigration enforcement pocket guide for law enforcement personnel of a State, or of a political subdivision of a State, to provide a quick reference for such personnel in the course of duty.
The training manual and pocket guide established in accordance with subsection
(a)shall be made available to all State and local law enforcement personnel. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require State or local law enforcement personnel to carry the training manual or pocket guide with them while on duty. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall be responsible for any costs incurred in establishing the training manual and pocket guide. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make training of State and local law enforcement officers available through as many means as possible, including through residential training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, onsite training held at State or local police agencies or facilities, online training courses by computer, teleconferencing, and videotape, or the digital video display
(DVD)of a training course or courses. E-learning through a secure, encrypted distributed learning system that has all its servers based in the United States, is scalable, survivable, and can have a portal in place not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be made available by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Distributed Learning Program for State and local law enforcement personnel. The training of State and local law enforcement personnel under this section shall not displace the training of Federal personnel. Nothing in this Act or any other provision of law shall be construed as making any immigration-related training a requirement for, or prerequisite to, any State or local law enforcement officer to assist in the enforcement of Federal immigration laws in the normal course of carrying out the normal law enforcement duties of such officers. In carrying out this section, priority funding shall be given for existing web-based immigration enforcement training systems.