To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used to hire and train new, additional career law enforcement officers who are residents of the communities they serve, and for other purposes.
Law Enforcement Inclusion Act of 2019
This bill expands the allowable uses for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants to include hiring and training career law enforcement officers who are residents of the communities they serve and increasing law enforcement workforce diversity and inclusivity.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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