•HRES 652 IH 
Whereas a study published in The New York Times, found 
in 2015 that of hundreds of police departments across 
the United States, the percentage of Whites on the police 
force is more than thirty percentage points higher than 
Whites in the communities they serve; 
Whereas a 2013 survey conducted by the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics on law enforcement agencies in the United 
States found that 27 percent of local police officers are 
members of a racial or ethnic minority, and that only 1 
in 8 local police officers was a woman; 
Whereas Congress recognizes that hiring and retaining law 
enforcement officers that are more reflective of the com-
munity’s racial and gender makeup it serves and protects 
is a first step to building trust between communities and 
law enforcement; 
Whereas since its inception, the Community Oriented Policing 
Services Program (COPS) Office has invested approxi-
mately $14.7 billion to add officers to the Nation’s 
streets, enhance crime fighting technology, support crime 
prevention initiatives, and provide training and technical 
assistance to help advance community policing; and 
Whereas Congress recognizes the critical role of the COPS 
Hiring Program Office in expanding the practice of com-
munity-oriented policing to law enforcement departments: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) finds that the lack of minority representa-
tion in law enforcement across the country needs to 
be addressed; 
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(2) calls on law enforcement departments to 
have a written and formal plan of community-ori-
ented policing; 
(3) commits to ensuring that the COPS Hiring 
Program has the support and resources it needs to 
increase the hiring and retention of diverse law en-
forcement officers; 
(4) urges the Department of Justice to affirm 
a commitment to fostering trust and stronger rela-
tionships between those who serve and the commu-
nities they swear to protect; 
(5) encourages the Department of Justice, in 
collaboration with the COPS office, to issue further 
guidance and best practices on diversity hiring and 
retention of law enforcement personnel, use of exces-
sive and deadly force, and community-oriented polic-
ing strategies; 
(6) urges the Department of Justice’s Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Of-
fice) to consider as a factor when reviewing applica-
tions for all grants it manages, whether a law en-
forcement agency requires its employees to complete 
cultural sensitivity trainings, including training on 
ethnic and racial bias, gender bias, sexual orienta-
tion and gender identity bias; training on cultural 
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diversity; and training for interactions with people 
with disabilities, mentally ill, and English Language 
Learners; 
(7) urges the Department of Justice to incor-
porate community policing into any law enforcement 
accreditation recommendations and standards; and 
(8) urges the Bureau of Justice Statistics to 
provide an annual report to Congress on the Depart-
ment of Justice’s efforts to increase community-ori-
ented policing and diversity hiring and retention 
within law enforcement departments across the 
country. 
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