I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3927
To encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 15, 2000
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. JACK-
SON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. CARSON, Mr. WYNN, Mr. OWENS,
Mr. SCOTT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To encourage greater community accountability of law
enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement
Trust and Integrity Act of 2000’’.
TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCREDITATION
SEC. 101. ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES.
(a) STANDARDS.—
(1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General
shall perform an initial analysis of existing accredi-
tation standards and methodology developed by law
enforcement accreditation organizations nationwide,
including but not limited to national, state, regional,
and tribal accreditation organizations.
(2) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
recommend additional areas for the development of
national standards for the accreditation of law en-
forcement agencies in consultation with existing law
enforcement accreditation organizations, professional
law enforcement associations, labor organizations,
community-based organizations, and professional ci-
vilian oversight organizations.
(3) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM STANDARDS.—
After completion of the initial review and analysis
under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall rec-
ommend, in consultation with such organizations,
the adoption of additional standards, including
standards relating to early warning programs, civil-
ian review procedures, traffic stop documentation
and procedures, administrative due process require-
ments, and training.
(4) CONTINUING
ACCREDITATION
PROCESS.—
The Attorney General shall adopt policies and proce-
dures to partner with law enforcement accreditation
organizations, professional law enforcement associa-
tions, labor organizations, community-based organi-
zations, and professional civilian oversight organiza-
tions to continue the development of further accredi-
tation standards consistent with paragraph (2) and
to encourage the pursuit of accreditation of Federal,
State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies by
certified law enforcement accreditation organiza-
tions.
(b) ACCREDITATION GRANTS.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may make funds available to State, local, and tribal
law enforcement agencies under this title to assist in gain-
ing or maintaining accreditation from certified law en-
forcement accreditation organizations.
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) The term ‘‘law enforcement accreditation
organization’’ means a professional law enforcement
organization involved in the development of stand-
ards of accreditation for law enforcement agencies at
the national, State, regional, or tribal level (such as
the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforce-
ment Agencies (CALEA)).
(2) The term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means
a State, local, or Indian tribal public agency engaged
in the prevention, detection, or investigation of viola-
tions of criminal laws.
(3) The term ‘‘community-based organization’’
means a grassroots organization that monitors the
issue of police misconduct and that has a national
presence and membership (such as the National As-
sociation for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), the National Council of La Raza, the Na-
tional Urban League, the National Congress of
American Indians, and the National Asian Pacific
American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)).
(4) The term ‘‘professional law enforcement as-
sociation’’ means a law enforcement membership as-
sociation that works for the needs of Federal, State,
local, or Indian tribal law enforcement groups and
with the civilian community on matters of common
interest (such as the Hispanic American Police Com-
mand Officers Association (HAPCOA), National
Asian Pacific Officers Association (NAPOA), Na-
tional Black Police Association (NBPA), National
Latino Peace Officers Association (NLPOA), Na-
tional Organization of Black Law Enforcement Ex-
ecutives (NOBLE), Native American Law Enforce-
ment Association (NALEA), International Associa-
tion of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and Fraternal Order
of Police (FOP)).
(5) The term ‘‘professional civilian oversight or-
ganization’’ means a membership organization
formed to address and advance the cause of civilian
oversight of law enforcement and whose members
are from Federal, State, regional, local, or tribal or-
ganizations that review issues or complaints against
law enforcement entities or individuals (such as the
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law
Enforcement (NACOLE)).
TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
SEC. 201. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.
(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General
may make grants to States, units of local government, In-
dian tribal governments, or other public and private enti-
ties, or to any multijurisdictional or regional consortia of
such entities, to study and implement effective manage-
ment, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight policies
and programs for law enforcement agencies.
(b) PROJECT GRANTS TO STUDY LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY MANAGEMENT.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) shall be used for the study of management and
operations standards for law enforcement agencies, includ-
ing standards relating to administrative due process, resi-
dency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of
force, racial profiling, early warning programs, civilian re-
view boards or analogous procedures, or research into the
effectiveness of existing programs, projects, or other ac-
tivities designed to address misconduct by law enforce-
ment officers.
(c) PROJECT GRANTS TO DEVELOP PILOT PRO-
GRAMS.—Grants made under subsection (a) shall also be
used to develop pilot programs and implement effective
programs in the areas of training, hiring and recruitment,
and oversight that are designed to improve management
and address misconduct by law enforcement officers.
These programs shall include the following characteristics:
(1) 
TRAINING.—Law 
enforcement 
policies,
practices, and procedures addressing training and
instruction to comply with accreditation standards in
the areas of—
(A) the use of lethal and nonlethal force;
(B) responding to and reporting instances
of law enforcement misconduct, including but
not limited to use of excessive force or racial
profiling;
(C) tactical and defensive strategy;
(D) arrests, searches, and handcuffing;
(E) professional verbal communications
with civilians;
(F) police interactions with youth, the
mentally ill, and monolingual, multi-cultural
communities;
(G) proper traffic, pedestrian, airport, and
other enforcement stops; and
(H) community relations.
(2) RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, AND
PROMOTION OF DIVERSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS.—Policies, procedures, and practices for—
(A) the hiring and recruitment of diverse
law enforcement agencies representative of the
communities they serve;
(B) the development of valid, job-related
educational and psychological standards; and
(C) initiatives to encourage residency and
continuing education.
(3) OVERSIGHT.—Complaint procedures, in-
cluding the establishment of civilian review boards or
analogous procedures for jurisdictions across a range
of sizes and agency configurations, complaint proce-
dures by community-based organizations, early
warning programs, and administrative due process
requirements inherent to complaint procedures for
members of the public and law enforcement.
(4) VICTIM SERVICES.—Counseling services, in-
cluding psychological counseling, for individuals and
communities traumatized by law enforcement mis-
conduct.
(d) AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts appropriated for the
purposes of this title—
(1) 4 percent shall be available for grants to In-
dian tribal governments;
(2) 20 percent shall be available for grants to
community-based organizations;
(3) 10 percent shall be available for grants to
professional law enforcement associations; and
(4) the remaining funds shall be available for
grants to applicants in each State in an amount that
bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining
funds as the population of the State bears to the
population of all of the States.