Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/11/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-11Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-03-11Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-11 (00)
Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants to states that (1) require law enforcement officers to be trained on fair and impartial policing (e.g., diversity and anti-bias training), and (2) require an independent prosecutor to be appointed to investigate and prosecute an alleged offense involving the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer that results in a death or injury.
Cosponsors (18)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Subjects
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Disability and paralysis
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Mental health
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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