Sec. 6. Improving the COPS grant program
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall— establish a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to provide grants to law enforcement agencies of States, units of local government, or Tribal governments to pay for the costs associated with participation in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, develop and provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies of State, units of local government, or Tribal governments for participation in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Subject to paragraph (2), the law enforcement agency of a State, unit of local of government, or Tribal government that applies for a grant under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ) shall certify in the application for the grant that the law enforcement agency has in place a chokehold policy and a no-knock entry policy consistent with— Executive Order 14074 (87 Fed. Reg. 32945; relating to accountable policing and criminal justice practices); and the policy contained in the memorandum issued by the Department of Justice on September 13, 2021 entitled Chokeholds & carotid restraints; knock and announce requirement .
The law enforcement agency of a State, unit of local government, or Tribal law enforcement that applies for a grant under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ) may certify in the application for the grant that the law enforcement agency has in place a policy that— is more stringent than a policy described in paragraph (1); entirely bans the use of chokeholds or carotid restraints; or entirely bans the use of no-knock entries.
In awarding grants under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ), the Attorney General shall give preferential consideration to applicants that— participate in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or have implemented a policy described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of subsection (b)(2). There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028 to increase staff, hire analysts, establish data collection and review systems, and establish the grant program under subsection (a)(1).
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Sec. 6
Improving the COPS grant program
Fed. Reg.87 FR 32945
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