WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Police-community relations

S. 2955, The Community Safety Initiative Act of 2008

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2955 would authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative....

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H.R. 3846, The Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3846 would provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives....

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H.R. 3440, The Law Enforcement Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3440 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, it would ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, it would guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and it would require States to enact law enf...

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P.L. 110-344, The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.61

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 923 would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation....

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S. 535, The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.61

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 535 would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation....

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H.R. 1853, The Jose Medina Veterans Affairs Police Training Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1853 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs police officers receive training to interact with visitors and patients at Department medical facilities who are suffering from mental illness....

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H.R. 808, The Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 808 would establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence....

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S. 449, The State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 449 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, it would ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, it would guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and it would require States to enact law enforc...

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H.R. 688, The State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 688 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings. It would ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and require States to enact law enforcement disciplin...

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S. 2679, The Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.53

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2679 would authorize the appropriation of funds over the 2007-2016 period for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and prosecute certain unsolved homicides committed before 1970. The bill also would authorize the appropriation of funds over the 2007-2016 period to the Community Relations Service division of DOJ to coordinate investigations with local law enforcement and provide technical assistance....

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H.R. 5522, The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $219.09

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5522 spends money on the operations and activities of the Agency for International Development; Department of Defense: Foreign Military Financing Program, International Military Assistance and Training; Department of State: International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, International Organizations and Programs (voluntary contributions), Migration and Refugee Assistance, Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs, Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary contributions),...

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S. 1086, The Jacob Wetterling, Megan Nicole Kanka, and Pam Lychner Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act - Cost per Average Family: $5.16

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST

S. 1086 would place additional requirements on states and Indian tribes to establish or maintain registration programs for persons convicted of sex offenses. The bill would authorize the appropriation of necessary sums for fiscal years 2006 through 2009 for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to cover the costs of meeting these new requirements and existing federal requirements for sex-offender registration programs. (Most states have such programs, and current law authorizes the appr...

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