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Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2021
Introduced: March 11, 2021
Introduced by:
Duckworth, Tammy
Democratic
· Illinois
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Became law
Mar 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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