Sec. 201. Law enforcement grants
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The Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, or other public and private entities, or to any multijurisdictional or regional consortia of such entities, to study and implement effective management, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight standards and programs to promote effective community and problem solving strategies for law enforcement agencies. Grants made under subsection
(a)shall be used for the study of management and operations standards for law enforcement agencies, including standards relating to administrative due process, residency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of force, racial profiling, early warning systems, juvenile justice, school safety, civilian review boards or analogous procedures, or research into the effectiveness of existing programs, projects, or other activities designed to address misconduct by law enforcement officers. Grants made under subsection
(a)shall also be used to develop pilot programs and implement effective standards and programs in the areas of training, hiring and recruitment, and oversight that are designed to improve management and address misconduct by law enforcement officers. A pilot program developed under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Law enforcement policies, practices, and procedures addressing training and instruction to comply with accreditation standards in the areas of— the use of lethal, nonlethal force, and de-escalation; investigation of misconduct and practices and procedures for referral to prosecuting authorities use of deadly force or racial profiling; disproportionate minority contact by law enforcement; tactical and defensive strategy; arrests, searches, and restraint; professional verbal communications with civilians; interactions with youth, the mentally ill, limited English proficiency, and multi-cultural communities; proper traffic, pedestrian, and other enforcement stops; and community relations and bias awareness. Policies, procedures, and practices for— the hiring and recruitment of diverse law enforcement officers representative of the communities they serve; the development of selection, promotion, educational, background, and psychological standards that comport with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); and initiatives to encourage residency in the jurisdiction served by the law enforcement agency and continuing education. Complaint procedures, including the establishment of civilian review boards or analogous procedures for jurisdictions across a range of sizes and agency configurations, complaint procedures by community-based organizations, early warning systems and related intervention programs, video monitoring technology, data collection and transparency, and administrative due process requirements inherent to complaint procedures for members of the public and law enforcement. The development of uniform standards on juvenile justice and school safety, including standards relating to interaction and communication with juveniles, physical contact, use of lethal and nonlethal force, notification of a parent or guardian, interviews and questioning, custodial interrogation, audio and video recording, conditions of custody, alternatives to arrest, referral to child protection agencies, and removal from school grounds or campus. Counseling services, including psychological counseling, for individuals and communities impacted by law enforcement misconduct. Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this title— 4 percent shall be available for grants to Indian tribal governments; 20 percent shall be available for grants to community-based organizations; 10 percent shall be available for grants to professional law enforcement associations; and the remaining funds shall be available for grants to applicants in each State in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining funds as the population of the State bears to the population of all of the States. The Attorney General may provide technical assistance to States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and to other public and private entities, in furtherance of the purposes of this section. The technical assistance provided by the Attorney General may include the development of models for State, local, and Indian tribal governments, and other public and private entities, to reduce law enforcement officer misconduct. Any development of such models shall be in consultation with community-based organizations. The Attorney General may use any component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out this title. Except in the case of an Indian tribal government or nonprofit community-based organization, the portion of the costs of a program, project, or activity provided by a grant under subsection
(a)may not exceed 75 percent. The Attorney General may waive, wholly or in part, the requirement under paragraph
(1)of a non-Federal contribution to the costs of a program, project, or activity. An application for a grant under this title shall be submitted in such form, and contain such information, as the Attorney General may prescribe by guidelines. For law enforcement agency applications, priority shall be given to applicants seeking or having been awarded accreditation from national law enforcement accreditation organizations. A grant may not be made under this title unless an application has been submitted to, and approved by, the Attorney General. Each program, project, or activity funded under this title shall contain a monitoring component, which shall be developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General. Each monitoring component required under subparagraph
(A)shall include systematic identification and collection of data about activities, accomplishments, and programs throughout the life of the program, project, or activity and presentation of such data in a usable form. Selected grant recipients shall be evaluated on the local level or as part of a national evaluation, pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General. An evaluation conducted under subparagraph
(A)may include independent audits of police behavior and other assessments of individual program implementations. In selected jurisdictions that are able to support outcome evaluations, the effectiveness of funded programs, projects, and activities may be required. The Attorney General may require a grant recipient to submit biannually to the Attorney General the results of the monitoring and evaluations required under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and such other data and information as the Attorney General determines to be necessary. If the Attorney General determines, as a result of monitoring under subsection
(i)or otherwise, that a grant recipient under this title is not in substantial compliance with the terms and requirements of the approved grant application submitted under subsection (h), the Attorney General may revoke or suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in part. In this section— the term civilian review board means an administrative entity that— is independent and adequately funded; has investigatory authority and staff subpoena power; has representative community diversity; has policy making authority; provides advocates for civilian complainants; has mandatory police power to conduct hearings; and conducts statistical studies on prevailing complaint trends; and the term private entity means a private security organization engaged in the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws or organizational policy, such as privately operated campus public safety units or department store security.
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