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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3912 (Introduced in Senate) — To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform... · Sec. 366

Sec. 366. Best practices for local law enforcement agencies

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Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.) is amended— in section 1701(b) ( 34 U.S.C. 13081(b) ), as amended by section 104 of this Act, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(23)and
(24)as paragraphs
(24)and (25), respectively; in paragraph (23), as so redesignated, by striking
(22)and inserting
(23); and by inserting after paragraph
(22)the following: to develop best practices for and to create local task forces on policing innovation; ; and in section 1709 ( 34 U.S.C. 13089 ), as amended by section 104 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: local task force on policing innovation means an administrative entity that develops best practices and programs to enhance community service and accountability of law enforcement officers. . The Attorney General shall conduct a nationwide study of the prevalence and effect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law enforcement officer to delay the response to questions posed by a local internal affairs officer, or review board on the investigative integrity and prosecution of law enforcement misconduct, including pre-interview warnings and termination policies. The Attorney General shall perform an initial analysis of existing State statutes to determine whether, at a threshold level, the effect of this type of rule or procedure raises material investigatory issues that could impair or hinder a prompt and thorough investigation of possible misconduct, including criminal conduct, that would justify a wider inquiry. After completion of the initial analysis under subparagraph (B), and considering material investigatory issues, the Attorney General shall gather additional data nationwide on similar rules from a representative and statistically significant sample of jurisdictions, to determine whether such rules and procedures raise such material investigatory issues. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall— submit to Congress a report containing the results of the initial analysis conducted under paragraph (1)(B); make the report submitted under clause
(i)available to the public; and identify the jurisdictions for which the study described in paragraph (1)(A) is to be conducted. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the data collected under this section and publish the report in the Federal Register. Section 501(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10152(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of crisis intervention teams funded under subsection (a)(1)(H), a program assessment under this subsection shall contain a report on best practices for crisis intervention. . Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381(b) ), as amended by subsection
(a)of this section, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(24)and
(25)as paragraphs
(27)and (28), respectively; in paragraph (27), as so redesignated, by striking
(23)and inserting
(26); and by inserting after paragraph
(23)the following: to recruit, hire, incentivize, retain, develop, and train new, additional career law enforcement officers or current law enforcement officers who are willing to relocate to communities— where there are poor or fragmented relationships between police and residents of the community, or where there are high incidents of crime; and that are the communities that the law enforcement officers serve, or that are in close proximity to the communities that the law enforcement officers serve; to collect data on the number of law enforcement officers who are willing to relocate to the communities where they serve, and whether such law enforcement officer relocations have impacted crime in such communities; to develop and publicly report strategies and timelines to recruit, hire, promote, retain, develop, and train a diverse and inclusive law enforcement workforce, consistent with merit system principles and applicable law; .
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  • 34 USC 13081(b)
  • 34 USC 13089
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