S 738 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2021

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.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2021

Committee Review

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President

Introduced Mar 11, 2021 Last action Mar 11, 2021

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Mar 11, 2021

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

upper

Mar 11, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

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Tammy Duckworth

Bernard Sanders

Catherine Cortez Masto

Chris Van Hollen

Edward J. Markey

Elizabeth Warren

Kirsten E. Gillibrand