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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4844 

To provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training 

for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States 

to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution 

of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. 

CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. KAINE, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that 

State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring 

the independent investigation and prosecution of the use 

of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for 

other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Training and 

3 Independent Review Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND INDEPENDENT INVES5 TIGATION AND PROSECUTION. 

6 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

7 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘PART PP—GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND INDE10 PENDENT INVESTIGATION AND PROSECU11 TION 

12 ‘‘SEC. 3061. GRANT AUTHORITY. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 

14 a grant to a State for purposes of implementing the train15 ing requirements described in section 3062(a) and an 

16 independent prosecution of law enforcement statute as de17 scribed in section 3063. 

18 ‘‘(b) TERM.—The term of a grant under subsection 

19 (a) shall be 1 fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 3062. TRAINING ON FAIR AND IMPARTIAL POLICING. 

21 ‘‘(a) TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—The requirements 

22 of this subsection are as follows: 

23 ‘‘(1) A State shall require that all individuals 

24 enrolled in an academy of a law enforcement agency 

25 of the State and all law enforcement officers of the 


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1 State complete a training session on fair and impar2 tial policing each year, which includes— 

3 ‘‘(A) anti-bias training on implicit and ex4 plicit bias on the basis of race, religion, eth5 nicity, national origin, gender, sexual orienta6 tion, gender identity, and disability; 

7 ‘‘(B) training regarding— 

8 ‘‘(i) cultural diversity; 

9 ‘‘(ii) police interaction with individuals 

10 with mental illness or behavioral, mental, 

11 or physical disabilities; 

12 ‘‘(iii) crisis intervention; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) de-escalation tactics; 

14 ‘‘(C) scenario-based training; and 

15 ‘‘(D) a requirement that officers dem16 onstrate proficiency in the subjects of the train17 ing through scenario-based tests. 

18 ‘‘(2) Each law enforcement officer and each in19 dividual enrolled in an academy of a law enforce20 ment agency of a State shall complete— 

21 ‘‘(A) initial training described in para22 graph (1) of not less than 8 hours; and 

23 ‘‘(B) not less than 4 hours of training de24 scribed in paragraph (1) every year thereafter. 


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1 ‘‘(3) A State shall certify to the Attorney Gen2 eral that all individuals enrolled in an academy of a 

3 law enforcement agency of the State and all law en4 forcement officers of the State have completed the 

5 training sessions described in paragraph (1) in ac6 cordance with paragraph (2). 

7 ‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 

8 ‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—To be eligible for a 

9 grant under this part, a State shall, subject to para10 graphs (2) and (3), be in compliance with the train11 ing requirements under subsection (a) not later than 

12 240 days after the date of enactment of this part, 

13 except that the Attorney General may grant an addi14 tional 120 days to a State that is making good faith 

15 efforts to comply with that subsection. 

16 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE BEFORE START OF FISCAL

17 YEAR.—A State that fails to achieve compliance with 

18 the training requirements under subsection (a) in 

19 accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection 

20 shall be eligible for a grant under this part for a fis21 cal year (subject to section 3063) if, on the last day 

22 of the previous fiscal year, the State was in compli23 ance with those requirements. 

24 ‘‘(3) INELIGIBILITY.—A State that was eligible 

25 for a grant under this part and that, as of the last 


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1 day of a fiscal year, is not in compliance with the 

2 training requirements under subsection (a) shall not 

3 be eligible for a grant under this part during the 

4 next fiscal year. 

5 ‘‘(c) VERIFICATION.—The attorney general of a State 

6 receiving a grant under this part shall verify that the 

7 training of individuals enrolled in an academy of a law 

8 enforcement agency of the State and all law enforcement 

9 officers of the State meets the requirements under sub10 section (a). 

11 ‘‘(d) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—For each fiscal year 

12 for which grants are made under this part, the Inspector 

13 General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits 

14 of an appropriate number, as determined by the Inspector 

15 General, of States receiving such a grant to ensure compli16 ance with the training requirements under subsection (a). 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3063. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 

18 USE OF DEADLY FORCE. 

19 ‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part for a fiscal 

20 year, a State shall, as of the last day of the prior fiscal 

21 year, have enacted and have in effect an independent pros22 ecution of law enforcement statute. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 3064. DEFINITIONS. 

24 ‘‘In this part: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘deadly force’ means that force 

2 which a reasonable person would consider likely to 

3 cause death or serious bodily harm. 

4 ‘‘(2) The term ‘independent prosecution’, with 

5 respect to a criminal investigation or prosecution of 

6 a law enforcement officer’s use of deadly force, in7 cludes using 1 or more of the following methods: 

8 ‘‘(A) Using an agency or civilian review 

9 board that investigates and independently re10 views all officer use-of-force allegations. 

11 ‘‘(B) Assigning the attorney general of the 

12 State in which the alleged crime was committed 

13 to conduct the criminal investigation and pros14 ecution. 

15 ‘‘(C) Adopting a procedure under which an 

16 automatic referral is made to a special pros17 ecutor appointed and overseen by the attorney 

18 general of the State in which the alleged crime 

19 was committed. 

20 ‘‘(D) Having law enforcement agencies 

21 agree to and implement memoranda of under22 standing with other law enforcement agencies 

23 under which the other law enforcement agen24 cies— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall conduct the criminal inves2 tigation; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) upon conclusion of the criminal 

4 investigation, shall file a report with the 

5 attorney general of the State containing a 

6 determination regarding whether— 

7 ‘‘(I) the use of deadly force was 

8 appropriate; and 

9 ‘‘(II) any action should be taken 

10 by the attorney general of the State. 

11 ‘‘(E) Using an independent prosecutor. 

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘independent prosecution of law 

13 enforcement statute’ means a statute requiring an 

14 independent prosecution in a criminal matter in 

15 which— 

16 ‘‘(A) 1 or more of the possible defendants 

17 is a law enforcement officer; 

18 ‘‘(B) 1 or more of the alleged offenses in19 volves the law enforcement officer’s use of dead20 ly force in the course of carrying out that offi21 cer’s duty; and 

22 ‘‘(C) the law enforcement officer’s use of 

23 deadly force resulted in a death or injury. 

24 ‘‘(4) The term ‘independent prosecutor’ means, 

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1 tion of a law enforcement officer’s use of deadly 

2 force, a prosecutor who— 

3 ‘‘(A) does not live or work in the same 

4 county as the county in which the alleged crime 

5 was committed; and 

6 ‘‘(B) would not be involved in the prosecu7 tion in the ordinary course of that prosecutor’s 

8 duties.’’. 

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