1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Involved in Police Services Act of 2014”.
Veterans Involved in Police Services Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grant funds to be used for the Troops-to-Cops Program.
2. Authorization of Troops-to-Cops program
Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (17) as subparagraphs (A) through (Q), respectively, and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs (as so redesignated) two ems to the right;
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section), by striking “The purposes for which” and inserting “(1) In general.—The purposes for which”;
in subparagraph (Q) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section), by striking “paragraphs (1) through (16)” and inserting “subparagraphs (A) through (P)”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) Troops-to-Cops Program
“(A) In general—For grants made during the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Veterans Involved in Police Services Act of 2014, in addition to the purposes described in paragraph (1), grants made under subsection (a) may be used to hire former members of the Armed Forces (and to pay the full salary of such former members) to serve as career law enforcement officers for deployment in community-oriented policing, particularly in jurisdictions in which the violent crime rate is higher than the national violent crime rate, according to the uniform crime report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“(B) Definition—In this paragraph, “former member of the Armed Forces” means a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.”