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Title II — Law Enforcement Education Reforms

H.R. 3560 · 113th Congress · Nov 20, 2013 · Lineage

II Law Enforcement Education Reforms

Sec. 201 The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Not later than 2 years after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, shall develop and incorporate any necessary changes to all training, curriculum, and professional certification classes provided by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure consistency with the requirements of this Act.

Sec. 202 The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board

(a)
In general— Not later than 2 years after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and in consultation with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board and the Advisory Board, shall develop and incorporate any necessary changes to all training, curriculum, and professional certification classes to ensure consistency with the requirements of this Act.
(b)
Model practices— The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall identify, develop, and update as necessary, model practices that prevent racial profiling practices. The Board shall widely disseminate to, and incorporate these practices into the law enforcement community through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Model Practice Clearinghouse and other means.
(c)
Accreditation— The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, in consultation with the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, shall develop a standard of review of anti-racial profiling components of law enforcement training curricula. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board shall incorporate into the accreditation process a review that shall include at a minimum—
(1)
the sufficiency of the anti-racial profiling training curriculum;
(2)
procedures implemented by the applicant to identify racial profiling practices by the applicant, if any;
(3)
procedures implemented by the applicant to prevent racial profiling practices by the applicant, or its individual agents or officers;
(4)
the sufficiency of the applicant’s remedial measures and disciplinary guidelines to prevent racial profiling practices; and
(5)
the capacity of the applicant to collect and maintain “civil rights data” as defined by title VII of this Act.
(d)
Denial— The Board shall deny accreditation or reaccreditation to academies, programs, and instructors not meeting the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board’s standards prepared under subsection (c).

Sec. 203 State law enforcement officer standards and training authorities

(a)
In general— Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Office for State and Local Government Coordination established under Section 361 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361) and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties shall review the Peace Officer Standards and Training or equivalent program of the States, as defined in title VII of this Act, to assess the anti-racial profiling education component of these curricula. The Secretary shall notify States of deficiencies in the curriculum that do not meet the minimum anti-racial profiling standards developed by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board.
(b)
Assistance— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make available to the States assistance to develop sufficient curriculum to meet minimum anti-racial profiling standards.