Emergency Crime Control Act

Emergency Crime Control Act - Provides that State plans for law enforcement assistance that qualify for grants, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, shall provide that each high crime urban area (of 100,000 population, or more) within such state shall constitute a separate regional planning unit which shall assist in the development of the comprehensive state plan, take receipt from the state planning agency of all Federal funds granted for use in such high crime urban area, and assist in coordinating all law enforcement efforts within such high crime urban area which are in whole or in part assisted by Federal funds under such act. Prescribes a formula by which state planning grants under such Act shall be allocated to such high crime urban areas.

Provides, under the provision of such act, for disbursements by state planning agencies. States that each state planning agency shall make a block grant in lieu of program and project grants to each high crime urban area within the state which notifies such agency that there has been organized within such area an urban law enforcement council and submits to such agency a plan for the use of such grant. Prescribes a formula by which the state planning agency shall measure such grants to eligible high crime urban areas.

Provides that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration shall make a block grant, to each high crime urban area, measured by $5 multiplied by the population of such area, which notifies it that there has been organized within such area an Urban Law Enforcement Council, and submits to it a plan for the use of such grant.

Provides that grants shall be made available under this section for fiscal years 1972, 1973, and 1974. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out this section.