Refund the Police Act of 2022

Refund the Police Act of 2022

This bill authorizes the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice to make grants to state and local governments for the same purposes as grants under the Community Oriented Policing Services Program. To be eligible for a grant, a state or local government must certify that it

• does not have a law requiring a heighted standard for use of force and has taken steps to expand efforts to hire and retain law enforcement officers, and
• has not taken steps to eliminate drive-by shootings as a basis for first degree murder.