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Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 20, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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