Recruit and Retain Act of 2023
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What This Bill Does
This bill changes the rules for how COPS grants (federal grants given to local law enforcement agencies) can be used. It adds recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers as an approved way to spend these grant funds. The bill allows organizations receiving COPS grants to use the money to hire and keep police officers who work in community-oriented policing (policing focused on building relationships with neighborhoods).
Who It Affects
COPS grantees (law enforcement agencies that receive federal COPS grant money).
Key Provisions
• COPS grant recipients can now use their grant funds to recruit and retain career law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing work across the nation (Sec. 2).
What Changes
The bill modifies the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 by adding a new approved use of COPS grant funds. Previously, the law listed specific ways grantees could spend the money. This bill inserts a new item into that list allowing spending on recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers deployed in community-oriented policing.
Important Definitions
Community-oriented policing: Not defined in bill text.
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