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Police Agency Investigation Improvement Act of 2015

Introduced: December 15, 2015 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov

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Jan 15, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Dec 15, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Dec 15, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Police Agency Investigation Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to create within the Special Litigation Section of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Civil Rights Division an Office of Police Agency Investigations to investigate alleged patterns or practices of police conduct that violate constitutional rights.

Additionally, it amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to include complying with a judgment or consent decree pursuant to a pattern-or-practice investigation. DOJ may award additional grants to COPS grant recipients to comply with such judgments or consent decrees.

What's happening now January 15, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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