Sec. 6. STUDY ON POLICE RECRUITMENT

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## SEC. 6 STUDY ON POLICE RECRUITMENT ###

(a)Study ####

(1)In general 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— #####

(A)the primary reasons that law enforcement officers— ######

(i)join law enforcement agencies; and ######

(ii)resign or retire from law enforcement agencies; #####

(B)how the reasons described in subparagraph

(A)may have changed over time; #####

(C)the effects of recruitment and attrition on public safety; #####

(D)the effects of electronic media on recruitment efforts; #####

(E)barriers to the recruitment and retention of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers; and #####

(F)recommendations for potential ways to address barriers to the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers, including the barriers identified in subparagraph (E). ####

(2)Representative cross-section #####

(A)In general 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— ######

(i)from various regions of the United States; ######

(ii)of different sizes; and ######

(iii)from rural, suburban, and urban jurisdictions. #####

(B)Methods description 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. ###

(b)Report Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— ####

(1)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 ####

(2)make the report submitted under paragraph

(1)publicly available online. ###

(c)Confidentiality The Comptroller General of the United States shall ensure that the study conducted under subsection

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