Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019 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.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-1938| Senate
| Updated: 6/20/2019
Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019 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.
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDisability and paralysisLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersMental healthRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination