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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 945 

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

and training in our neighborhoods. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2005 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. KOHL, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. CLINTON, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Ms. MIKULSKI, 

Mr. BAYH, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SMITH, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. 

REED, Mr. HARKIN, Mrs. BOXER, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. REID, Mr. 

SALAZAR, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. DODD, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. BYRD, Mr. LAUTENBERG, and 

Mr. OBAMA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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, 
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1 and Training In Our Neighborhoods Act of 2005’’ or the 

2 ‘‘PROTECTION Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. PROVIDING RELIABLE OFFICERS, TECHNOLOGY, 

4 EDUCATION, COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS, 

5 AND TRAINING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INI6 TIATIVE. 

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

8 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

9 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(a)) is amended by— 

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

11 police’’; and 

12 (2) inserting ‘‘to enhance law enforcement ac13 cess to new technologies,’’ after ‘‘presence,’’. 

14 (b) HIRING AND REDEPLOYMENT GRANT

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

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

17 3796dd(b)) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

20 (i) by inserting after ‘‘Nation’’ the fol21 lowing: ‘‘, or pay overtime to existing ca22 reer law enforcement officers to the extent 

23 that such overtime is devoted to commu24 nity-oriented policing efforts’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by— 

2 (i) striking ‘‘, or pay overtime’’; and 

3 (ii) striking the period at the end and 

4 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(D) promote higher education among in7 service State and local law enforcement officers 

8 by reimbursing them for the costs associated 

9 with seeking a college or graduate school edu10 cation.’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking all that follows 

12 ‘‘SUPPORT SYSTEMS.—’’ and inserting ‘‘Grants 

13 pursuant to— 

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

15 not exceed 25 percent of the funds available for 

16 grants pursuant to this subsection for any fiscal 

17 year; 

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

19 percent of the funds available for grants pursu20 ant to this subsection in any fiscal year; and 

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

22 percent of the funds available for grants pursu23 ant to this subsection for any fiscal year.’’. 
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1 (c) ADDITIONAL GRANT PROJECTS.—Section 

2 1701(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

4 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘integrity and ethics’’ 

6 after ‘‘specialized’’; and 

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

8 officers’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, school offi10 cials, religiously-affiliated organizations,’’ after ‘‘en11 forcement officers’’; 

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

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(8) establish school-based partnerships be15 tween local law enforcement agencies and local 

16 school systems, by using school resource officers who 

17 operate in and around elementary and secondary 

18 schools to serve as a law enforcement liaison with 

19 other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and 

20 regulatory agencies, and to combat school-related 

21 crime and disorder problems, gang membership and 

22 criminal activity, firearms and explosives-related in23 cidents, the illegal use and possession of alcohol, and 

24 the illegal possession, use, and distribution of 

25 drugs;’’; 
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1 (4) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (5) in paragraph (12), by striking the period 

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

5 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(13) develop and implement innovative pro7 grams (such as the TRIAD program) that bring to8 gether a community’s sheriff, chief of police, and el9 derly residents to address the public safety concerns 

10 of older citizens.’’. 

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

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

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

14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

16 the funds available for grants pursuant to sub17 section (a) in any fiscal year to’’ after ‘‘The At18 torney General may’’; 

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

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

21 to 5 percent of the funds available for grants 

22 pursuant to subsections (d), (e), and (f) in any 

23 fiscal year for technical assistance and training 

24 to States, units of local government, Indian 
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1 tribal governments, and to other public and pri2 vate entities for those respective purposes.’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘under sub4 section (a)’’ after ‘‘the Attorney General’’; and 

5 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General 

7 may’’ and inserting ‘‘the Attorney General 

8 shall’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘operation of training cen10 ters’’ and inserting ‘‘regional community polic11 ing institutes, training centers,’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting ‘‘representatives of police 

13 labor and management organizations, commu14 nity residents,’’ after ‘‘supervisors,’’. 

15 (e) TECHNOLOGY AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS.— 

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

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

18 by— 

19 (1) striking subsection (k); 

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

21 subsections (g) through (k); and 

22 (3) striking subsection (e) and inserting the fol23 lowing: 

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

25 Grants made under subsection (a) may be used to assist 
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1 police departments, in employing professional, scientific, 

2 and technological advancements that will help them— 

3 ‘‘(1) improve police communications through 

4 the use of wireless communications, computers, soft5 ware, videocameras, databases, and other hardware 

6 and software that allow law enforcement agencies to 

7 communicate more effectively across jurisdictional 

8 boundaries and effectuate interoperability; 

9 ‘‘(2) develop and improve access to crime solv10 ing technologies, including DNA analysis, photo en11 hancement, voice recognition, and other forensic ca12 pabilities; and 

13 ‘‘(3) promote comprehensive crime analysis by 

14 utilizing new techniques and technologies, such as 

15 crime mapping, that allow law enforcement agencies 

16 to use real-time crime and arrest data and other re17 lated information, including non-criminal justice 

18 data, to improve their ability to analyze, predict, and 

19 respond pro-actively to local crime and disorder 

20 problems, as well as to engage in regional crime 

21 analysis. 

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

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under sub24 section (a) may be used to assist State, local or trib25 al prosecutors’ offices in the implementation of com-
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1 munity-based prosecution programs that build on 

2 local community-oriented policing efforts. 

3 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available 

4 under this subsection may be used to— 

5 ‘‘(A) hire additional prosecutors who will 

6 be assigned to community prosecution pro7 grams, including programs that assign prosecu8 tors to handle cases from specific geographic 

9 areas, to address specific violent crime and 

10 other local crime problems (including intensive 

11 illegal gang, gun, and drug enforcement 

12 projects and quality of life initiatives), and to 

13 address localized violent and other crime prob14 lems based on needs identified by local law en15 forcement agencies, community organizations, 

16 and others; 

17 ‘‘(B) redeploy existing prosecutors to com18 munity prosecution programs as described in 

19 paragraph (1) of this section by hiring victim 

20 and witness coordinators, paralegals, commu21 nity outreach, and other such personnel; and 

22 ‘‘(C) establish programs to assist local 

23 prosecutors’ offices in the implementation of 

24 programs that help them identify and respond 
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1 to priority crime problems in a community with 

2 specifically tailored solutions. 

3 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—At least 75 percent of the 

4 funds made available under this subsection shall be 

5 reserved for grants under subparagraphs (A) and 

6 (B) of paragraph (2) and of those amounts no more 

7 than 10 percent may be used for grants under para8 graph (2)(B) and at least 25 percent of the funds 

9 shall be reserved for grants under subparagraphs 

10 (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) to units of local gov11 ernment with a population of less than 50,000.’’. 

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

13 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

14 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–2) is amended by inserting at the end 

15 the following: 

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

17 may use no more than 50 percent of the funds under sub18 section (a) to award grants targeted specifically for reten19 tion of police officers to grantees in good standing, with 

20 preference to those that demonstrate financial hardship or 

21 severe budget constraint that impacts the entire local 

22 budget and may result in the termination of employment 

23 for police officers funded under subsection (b).’’. 

24 (g) DEFINITIONS.— 
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1 (1) CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 

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

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

4 3796dd–8(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘crimi5 nal laws’’ the following: ‘‘, including sheriffs deputies 

6 charged with supervising offenders who are released 

7 into the community but also engaged in local com8 munity-oriented policing efforts.’’. 

9 (2) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.—Section 

10 1709(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

11 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–8(4)) 

12 is amended— 

13 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) to serve as a law enforcement liaison 

16 with other Federal, State, and local law en17 forcement and regulatory agencies, to address 

18 and document crime and disorder problems in19 cluding gangs and drug activities, firearms and 

20 explosives-related incidents, and the illegal use 

21 and possession of alcohol affecting or occurring 

22 in or around an elementary or secondary 

23 school;’’; 

24 (B) by striking subparagraph (E) and in25 serting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(E) to train students in conflict resolu2 tion, restorative justice, and crime awareness, 

3 and to provide assistance to and coordinate 

4 with other officers, mental health professionals, 

5 and youth counselors who are responsible for 

6 the implementation of prevention/intervention 

7 programs within the schools;’’; 

8 (C) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 at the end; 

10 (D) in subparagraph (G) by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

12 and 

13 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

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

15 members of the local parent teacher associa16 tions, community organizers, law enforcement, 

17 fire departments, and emergency medical per18 sonnel in the creation, review, and implementa19 tion of a school violence prevention plan; 

20 ‘‘(I) to assist in documenting the full de21 scription of all firearms found or taken into 

22 custody on school property and to initiate a 

23 firearms trace and ballistics examination for 

24 each firearm with the local office of the Bureau 

25 of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; 
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1 ‘‘(J) to document the full description of all 

2 explosives or explosive devices found or taken 

3 into custody on school property and report to 

4 the local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, To5 bacco, and Firearms; and 

6 ‘‘(K) to assist school administrators with 

7 the preparation of the Department of Edu8 cation, Annual Report on State Implementation 

9 of the Gun-Free Schools Act, which tracks the 

10 number of students expelled per year for bring11 ing a weapon, firearm, or explosive to school.’’. 

12 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

13 1001(a)(11) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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

15 amended— 

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

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) There are authorized to be appro19 priated to carry out part Q, to remain available 

20 until expended— 

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

22 2006; 

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

24 2007; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 

2 2008; 

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

4 2009; 

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

6 2010; and 

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

8 2011.’’; and 

9 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

11 ‘‘5 percent’’; 

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

13 ‘‘1701(g)’’; 

14 (C) by striking the second sentence and in15 serting ‘‘Of the remaining funds, if there is a 

16 demand for 50 percent of appropriated hiring 

17 funds, as determined by eligible hiring applica18 tions from law enforcement agencies having ju19 risdiction over areas with populations exceeding 

20 150,000, no less than 50 percent shall be allo21 cated for grants pursuant to applications sub22 mitted by units of local government or law en23 forcement agencies having jurisdiction over 

24 areas with populations exceeding 150,000 or by 

25 public and private entities that serve areas with 
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1 populations exceeding 150,000, and no less 

2 than 50 percent shall be allocated for grants 

3 pursuant to applications submitted by units of 

4 local government or law enforcement agencies 

5 having jurisdiction over areas with populations 

6 less than 150,000 or by public and private enti7 ties that serve areas with populations less than 

8 150,000.’’; 

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

10 ‘‘$600,000,000’’; and 

11 (E) by striking ‘‘1701(b),’’ and all that fol12 lows through ‘‘of part Q.’’ and inserting the fol13 lowing: ‘‘1701 (b) and (c), $350,000,000 to 

14 grants for the purposes specified in section 

15 1701(e), and $200,000,000 to grants for the 

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

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