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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3449

To provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, 

and training in our neighborhoods. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 5, 2003

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To provide reliable officers, technology, education, community 

prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Reliable Of5 ficers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, 

6 and Training In Our Neighborhoods Act of 2003’’ or 

7 ‘‘PROTECTION Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. PROVIDING RELIABLE OFFICERS, TECHNOLOGY, 

2 EDUCATION, COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS, 

3 AND TRAINING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INI4 TIATIVE. 

5 (a) COPS PROGRAM.—Section 1701(a) of title I of 

6 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

7 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(a)) is amended by—

8 (1) inserting ‘‘and prosecutor’’ after ‘‘increase 

9 police’’; and 

10 (2) inserting ‘‘to enhance law enforcement ac11 cess to new technologies, and’’ after ‘‘presence,’’. 

12 (b) HIRING AND REDEPLOYMENT GRANT

13 PROJECTS.—Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus 

14 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

15 3796dd(b)) is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1)—

17 (A) in subparagraph (B)—

18 (i) by inserting after ‘‘Nation’’ the fol19 lowing: ‘‘, or pay overtime to existing ca20 reer law enforcement officers to the extent 

21 that such overtime is devoted to commu22 nity policing efforts’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (C), by—

25 (i) striking ‘‘or pay overtime’’; and 
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1 (ii) striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(D) promote higher education among in5 service State and local law enforcement officers 

6 by reimbursing them for the costs associated 

7 with seeking a college or graduate school edu8 cation.’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking all that follows 

10 ‘‘Support Systems.—’’ and inserting ‘‘Grants pursu11 ant to—

12 ‘‘(A) paragraph (1)(B) for overtime may 

13 not exceed 25 percent of the funds available for 

14 grants pursuant to this subsection for any fiscal 

15 year; 

16 ‘‘(B) paragraph (1)(C) may not exceed 20 

17 percent of the funds available for grants pursu18 ant to this subsection in any fiscal year; and 

19 ‘‘(C) paragraph (1)(D) may not exceed 5 

20 percent of the funds available for grants pursu21 ant to this subsection for any fiscal year.’’. 

22 (c) ADDITIONAL GRANT PROJECTS.—Section 

23 1701(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

24 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(d)) is amended—

25 (1) in paragraph (2)—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘integrity and ethics’’ 

2 after ‘‘specialized’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘enforcement 

4 officers’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (7) by inserting ‘‘school offi6 cials, religiously-affiliated organizations,’’ after ‘‘en7 forcement officers’’; 

8 (3) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(8) establish school-based partnerships be11 tween local law enforcement agencies and local 

12 school systems, by using school resource officers who 

13 operate in and around elementary and secondary 

14 schools to serve as a law enforcement liaison with 

15 other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and 

16 regulatory agencies, combat school-related crime and 

17 disorder problems, gang membership and criminal 

18 activity, firearms and explosives-related incidents, il19 legal use and possession of alcohol, and the illegal 

20 possession, use, and distribution of drugs;’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; 

23 (5) in paragraph (11) by striking the period 

24 that appears at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (6) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(12) develop and implement innovative pro2 grams (such as the TRIAD program) that bring to3 gether a community’s sheriff, chief of police, and el4 derly residents to address the public safety concerns 

5 of older citizens.’’. 

6 (d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1701(f) of 

7 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

8 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(f)) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (1)—

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘use up to 5 percent of 

11 the funds appropriated under subsection (a) to’’ 

12 after ‘‘The Attorney General may’’; 

13 (B) by inserting at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘In addition, the Attorney General may use up 

15 to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under 

16 subsections (d), (e), and (f) for technical assist17 ance and training to States, units of local gov18 ernment, Indian tribal governments, and to 

19 other public and private entities for those re20 spective purposes.’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘under sub22 section (a)’’ after ‘‘the Attorney General’’; and 

23 (3) in paragraph (3)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General 

2 may’’ and inserting ‘‘the Attorney General 

3 shall’’; 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘regional community po5 licing institutes’’ after ‘‘operation of’’; and 

6 (C) by inserting ‘‘representatives of police 

7 labor and management organizations, commu8 nity residents,’’ after ‘‘supervisors,’’. 

9 (e) TECHNOLOGY AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS.—

10 Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

11 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended 

12 by—

13 (1) striking subsection (k); 

14 (2) redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as 

15 subsections (g) through (k); and 

16 (3) striking subsection (e) and inserting the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(e) LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.—

19 Grants made under subsection (a) may be used to assist 

20 police departments, in employing professional, scientific, 

21 and technological advancements that will help them—

22 ‘‘(1) improve police communications through 

23 the use of wireless communications, computers, soft24 ware, videocams, databases and other hardware and 

25 software that allow law enforcement agencies to 
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1 communicate more effectively across jurisdictional 

2 boundaries and effectuate interoperability; 

3 ‘‘(2) develop and improve access to crime solv4 ing technologies, including DNA analysis, photo en5 hancement, voice recognition, and other forensic ca6 pabilities; and 

7 ‘‘(3) promote comprehensive crime analysis by 

8 utilizing new techniques and technologies, such as 

9 crime mapping, that allow law enforcement agencies 

10 to use real-time crime and arrest data and other re11 lated information—including non-criminal justice 

12 data—to improve their ability to analyze, predict, 

13 and respond pro-actively to local crime and disorder 

14 problems, as well as to engage in regional crime 

15 analysis. 

16 ‘‘(f) COMMUNITY-BASED PROSECUTION PROGRAM.—

17 Grants made under subsection (a) may be used to assist 

18 State, local or tribal prosecutors’ offices in the implemen19 tation of community-based prosecution programs that 

20 build on local community policing efforts. Funds made 

21 available under this subsection may be used to—

22 ‘‘(1) hire additional prosecutors who will be as23 signed to community prosecution programs, includ24 ing programs that assign prosecutors to handle cases 

25 from specific geographic areas, to address specific 
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1 violent crime and other local crime problems (includ2 ing intensive illegal gang, gun and drug enforcement 

3 projects and quality of life initiatives), and to ad4 dress localized violent and other crime problems 

5 based on needs identified by local law enforcement 

6 agencies, community organizations, and others; 

7 ‘‘(2) redeploy existing prosecutors to community 

8 prosecution programs as described in paragraph (1) 

9 of this section by hiring victim and witness coordina10 tors, paralegals, community outreach, and other 

11 such personnel; and 

12 ‘‘(3) establish programs to assist local prosecu13 tors’ offices in the implementation of programs that 

14 help them identify and respond to priority crime 

15 problems in a community with specifically tailored 

16 solutions. 

17 At least 75 percent of the funds made available under this 

18 subsection shall be reserved for grants under paragraphs 

19 (1) and (2) and of those amounts no more than 10 percent 

20 may be used for grants under paragraph (2) and at least 

21 25 percent of the funds shall be reserved for grants under 

22 paragraphs (1) and (2) to units of local government with 

23 a population of less than 50,000.’’. 

24 (f) RETENTION GRANTS.—Section 1703 of title I of 

25 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
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1 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–2) is amended by inserting at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(d) RETENTION GRANTS.—The Attorney General 

4 may use no more than 50 percent of the funds under sub5 section (a) to award grants targeted specifically for reten6 tion of police officers to grantees in good standing, with 

7 preference to those that demonstrate financial hardship or 

8 severe budget constraint that impacts the entire local 

9 budget and may result in the termination of employment 

10 for police officers funded under subsection (b)(1).’’. 

11 (g) DEFINITIONS.—

12 (1) CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—

13 Section 1709(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

14 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

15 3796dd–8) is amended by inserting after ‘‘criminal 

16 laws’’ the following: ‘‘including sheriffs deputies 

17 charged with supervising offenders who are released 

18 into the community but also engaged in local com19 munity policing efforts.’’. 

20 (2) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—Section 

21 1709(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

22 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–8) is 

23 amended—

24 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in25 serting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) to serve as a law enforcement liaison 

2 with other Federal, State, and local law en3 forcement and regulatory agencies, to address 

4 and document crime and disorder problems in5 cluding gangs and drug activities, firearms and 

6 explosives-related incidents, and the illegal use 

7 and possession of alcohol affecting or occurring 

8 in or around an elementary or secondary 

9 school;’’; 

10 (B) by striking subparagraph (E) and in11 serting the following: 

12 ‘‘(E) to train students in conflict resolu13 tion, restorative justice, and crime awareness, 

14 and to provide assistance to and coordinate 

15 with other officers, mental health professionals, 

16 and youth counselors who are responsible for 

17 the implementation of prevention/intervention 

18 programs within the schools;’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(H) to work with school administrators, 

21 members of the local parent teacher associa22 tions, community organizers, law enforcement, 

23 fire departments, and emergency medical per24 sonnel in the creation, review, and implementa25 tion of a school violence prevention plan; 
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1 ‘‘(I) to assist in documenting the full de2 scription of all firearms found or taken into 

3 custody on school property and to initiate a 

4 firearms trace and ballistics examination for 

5 each firearm with the local office of the Bureau 

6 of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; 

7 ‘‘(J) to document the full description of all 

8 explosives or explosive devices found or taken 

9 into custody on school property and report to 

10 the local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, To11 bacco, and Firearms; and 

12 ‘‘(K) to assist school administrators with 

13 the preparation of the Department of Edu14 cation, Annual Report on State Implementation 

15 of the Gun-Free Schools Act which tracks the 

16 number of students expelled per year for bring17 ing a weapon, firearm, or explosive to school.’’. 

18 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

19 1001(a)(11) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

20 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is 

21 amended—

22 (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 

23 follows: 
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1 ‘‘(A) There are authorized to be appro2 priated to carry out part Q, to remain available 

3 until expended—

4 ‘‘(i) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

5 2004; 

6 ‘‘(ii) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

7 2005; 

8 ‘‘(iii) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

9 2006; 

10 ‘‘(iv) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

11 2007; 

12 ‘‘(v) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

13 2008; and 

14 ‘‘(vi) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2009.’’; and 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B)—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘5 percent’’; 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘1701(f)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘1701(g)’’; 

21 (C) by striking the second sentence and in22 serting ‘‘Of the remaining funds, if there is a 

23 demand for 50 percent of appropriated hiring 

24 funds, as determined by eligible hiring applica25 tions from law enforcement agencies having ju-
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1 risdiction over areas with populations exceeding 

2 150,000, no less than 50 percent shall be allo3 cated for grants pursuant to applications sub4 mitted by units of local government or law en5 forcement agencies having jurisdiction over 

6 areas with populations exceeding 150,000 or by 

7 public and private entities that serve areas with 

8 populations exceeding 150,000, and no less 

9 than 50 percent shall be allocated for grants 

10 pursuant to applications submitted by units of 

11 local government or law enforcement agencies 

12 having jurisdiction over areas with populations 

13 less than 150,000 or by public and private enti14 ties that serve areas with populations less than 

15 150,000.’’; 

16 (D) by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$600,000,000’’; and 

18 (E) by striking ‘‘1701(b),’’ and all that fol19 lows through ‘‘of part Q’’ and inserting the fol20 lowing: ‘‘1701 (b) and (c), $350,000,000 to 

21 grants for the purposes specified in section 

22 1701(e), and $200,000,000 to grants for the 

23 purposes specified in section 1701(f).’’.

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