Sec. 102. Grant program for gender-informed training of local law enforcement officers
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Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq. ), is amended by adding at the end the following: The Attorney General may make a grant to a State each fiscal year for purposes of carrying out the requirements of section 3052. The term of such grant shall be 1 year. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the Attorney General shall develop and identify training curricula under this paragraph in consultation with relevant law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government, associations that advocate on issues which disproportionately impact women, medical professionals, professional law enforcement organizations, mental health organizations, and family advocacy organizations.
The requirements of this subsection are as follows: A State shall require that all individuals enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency in the State and all chief law enforcement officers of the State fulfill a training session on gender-informed policing practices each fiscal year. In the case of individuals attending an academy, such training session shall be for at least 8 hours, and in the case of all other law enforcement officers, the training session shall be for at least 4 hours.
Gender-informed policing practices shall include— evidence-based training on the circumstances most likely to disproportionately or differently impact women who have contact with law enforcement through traffic stops, street stops, searches, arrests, or any other contact, and may include training on trauma, sexual and physical abuse, family issues, physical and mental health issues, hygiene issues, racial disparities in the arrests of and law enforcement contacts with women, and issues related to the arrest of parents, including the identification and appropriate responses to a child, present or not present, whose parent is arrested in order to help minimize potential trauma and support a child’s physical safety and well-being following an arrest; training on a proactive, victim-centered approach to be used when responding to domestic violence that utilizes best-practices aimed at reducing risk of imminent or future violence, and strongly discourages dual arrests; evidence-based training on proper interrogation techniques for individuals with a history of trauma such as intimate partner violence or sexual assault as well as information on false confessions; evidence-based training on how the interaction of race, class, disability, and gender may influence police response as well as behavior of an individual towards law enforcement officers; and evidence-based training on the specific needs and appropriate policies and protocols for pregnant persons who have contact with law enforcement through traffic stops, street stops, searches, arrests, or any other contact.
No later than 2 years after receipt of a grant under this section, a State shall certify to the Attorney General of the United States that such training sessions have been completed. The period specified under this paragraph is the period beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this part, to comply with subsection (a), except that— the Attorney General may grant an additional 120 days to a State that is making good faith efforts to comply with such subsection; and the Attorney General shall waive the requirements of subsection
(a)if compliance by a State would be unconstitutional under the constitution of such State. A State that is not in compliance with the requirements of subsection
(a)during a fiscal year is not eligible to apply for a grant under this part during the next fiscal year. A grantee may use the grant to— pay for costs associated with carrying out section 3052(b), including attendance by law enforcement officers or professionals at an approved training course, including a course provided by a law enforcement training academy of a State or unit of local government; procure training continuing education on 1 or more of the topics described in section 3052(b) from a certified entity; in the case of a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government that employs fewer than 50 law enforcement officers (determined on a full-time equivalent basis), pay for the costs of overtime accrued as a result of the attendance of a law enforcement officer or covered professional at an approved training course for which the costs associated with conducting the approved training course are paid using amounts provided under this section; and pay for the costs of developing mechanisms to comply with the certification requirement established under section 3052(b)(3), in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total amount of the grant award. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. .
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