Sec. 6. Study on Police Recruitment

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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to consider the comprehensive effects of recruitment and attrition rates on Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the United States, to identify— the primary reasons that law enforcement officers— join law enforcement agencies; and resign or retire from law enforcement agencies; how the reasons described in subparagraph

(A)may have changed over time; the effects of recruitment and attrition on public safety; the effects of electronic media on recruitment efforts; barriers to the recruitment and retention of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers; and recommendations for potential ways to address barriers to the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers, including the barriers identified in subparagraph (E). The Comptroller General of the United States shall endeavor to ensure accurate representation of law enforcement agencies in the study conducted pursuant to paragraph

(1)by surveying a broad cross-section of law enforcement agencies— from various regions of the United States; of different sizes; and from rural, suburban, and urban jurisdictions. The study conducted pursuant to paragraph

(1)shall include in the report under subsection

(b)a description of the methods used to identify a representative sample of law enforcement agencies. Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report containing the study conducted under subsection (a); and make the report submitted under paragraph

(1)publicly available online. The Comptroller General of the United States shall ensure that the study conducted under subsection

(a)protects the privacy of participating law enforcement agencies.