George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 5/18/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-18Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2021-03-03Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-03-03Introduced in House
- 2021-03-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-03 (00)
George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take specified steps to address accreditation standards, management operations, and misconduct of law enforcement.
Specifically, it requires DOJ to develop uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and adopt policies and procedures to encourage law enforcement agencies to pursue accreditation. It authorizes DOJ to make grants to law enforcement agencies to obtain accreditation from certified organizations.
The bill authorizes DOJ to make grants for studying law enforcement agency management and operations standards and developing pilot programs to address law enforcement misconduct.
DOJ must study the prevalence and effect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law enforcement officer to delay the investigation and prosecution of complaints of law enforcement misconduct.
The bill also establishes the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight to coordinate the detection and referral of complaints of alleged law enforcement misconduct.
Law enforcement agencies must report data regarding practices on traffic violation stops, pedestrian stops, frisk and body searches, and use of deadly force.
Finally, DOJ must create a medallion for survivors of each law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty and memorialized on the wall of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Cosponsors (20)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- DIANA DEGETTE (D-CO)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- KWEISI MFUME (D-MD)
- Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Child safety and welfare
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Due process and equal protection
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Mental health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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