(B) have the power, consistent with gov-
erning law, to subpoena documents or compel 
testimony; and 
(C) consistent with governing law regard-
ing the privacy of individuals, issue a written, 
publicly available summary or disposition of its 
proceedings. 
(2) At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
a State or unit of local government may be exempted 
from the requirements of this subsection of this Act 
for a period of up to 12 months from the enactment 
of this Act, which exemption may be renewed for an 
additional 12 months. 
(c) DECERTIFICATION
OF
OFFICERS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no State or unit of 
local government shall be eligible to receive funding under 
part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) unless that 
State or unit of local government has in place an adequate 
process or procedure to revoke the law enforcement officer 
or peace officer certification (as determined under State 
law) of any officer adjudged guilty or responsible, in any 
criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, of causing 
death or serious bodily injury to any person in violation 
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of governing law or law enforcement agency use-of-force 
standards. 
(1) No later than 180 days after the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guid-
ance regarding the requirements for the adequacy of 
a process or procedure to revoke law enforcement of-
ficer or peace officer certification under this provi-
sion, taking into account the due process rights of 
law enforcement officers and the substantive Con-
stitutional rights of civilians. 
(2) At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
a State or unit of local government may be exempted 
from the requirements of this subsection of this Act 
for a period of up to 12 months from the enactment 
of this Act, which exemption may be renewed for an 
additional 12 months. 
SEC. 4. DE-ESCALATION AND USE-OF-FORCE TRAINING. 
(a) TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—For each fiscal year 
after the expiration of the period specified in subsection 
(e) in which a State or unit of local government receives 
a grant under part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et 
seq.), the State or unit of local government shall require 
that, for an appropriate amount of time so as to ensure 
effective training, all individuals enrolled in a training 
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academy of a law enforcement agency of the State or unit 
of local government and all law enforcement officers of the 
State or unit of local government fulfill a training session 
of no less than 16 hours on de-escalation techniques each 
fiscal year (or, in the case of an academy of a law enforce-
ment agency, a unit of no less than 24 hours) that at a 
minimum includes— 
(1) the use of alternative non-lethal methods of 
applying force and techniques that assist the officer 
in preventing escalation of any situation where force 
is likely to be used; 
(2) verbal and physical tactics to minimize the 
need for the use of force, with an emphasis on com-
munication, negotiation, de-escalation techniques, 
and slowing the pace of a police-civilian encounter; 
(3) the use of the lowest level of force that is 
a practical and safe response to an identified threat, 
with regular re-evaluation of the threat level 
throughout a police-civilian encounter; 
(4) principles of using distance, cover, and time 
when approaching and managing critical incidents, 
in order to create a reaction gap; 
(5) strategies for managing interactions with 
persons undergoing mental health crises, including 
at least one of— 
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(A) crisis intervention strategies drawn 
from established, evidence-based CIT programs 
to appropriately identify and respond to individ-
uals suffering from mental health or substance 
abuse issues, with an emphasis on de-escalation 
tactics and promoting effective communication; 
(B) strategies emphasizing the use of col-
laborative teams of mental health professionals 
and law enforcement officers co-responding to 
mental health calls; 
(C) mobile crisis team strategies empha-
sizing the use of teams of trained mental health 
professionals responding directly to mental 
health calls; or 
(D) crisis stabilization center strategies 
emphasizing the use and operation of special-
ized facilities that can receive people experi-
encing mental health crises and that law en-
forcement, 
collaborative 
and 
co-responder 
teams, mobile crisis teams and others can 
transport people to when responding to mental 
health calls; and 
(6) other evidence-based approaches, as found 
by the Attorney General, that enhance de-escalation 
skills and tactics. 
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(b) 
SCENARIO-BASED
TRAINING.—Training 
de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be conducted with an em-
phasis on training that employs theories of de-escalation 
techniques and applies them to practical on-the-job sce-
narios that law enforcement officers regularly encounter. 
(c) CROSS-TRAINING.—To the extent practicable, 
principles of training as described in subsection (a) shall 
be applied to other training conducted at an academy or 
by the State or unit of local government, including but 
not limited to training on Constitutional requirements. 
(d) Any State or unit of local government receiving 
funds pursuant to this Act shall designate at least one 
officer to serve as ‘‘resource officer’’ for purposes of the 
training described in subsection (a), who shall assist in 
developing and carrying out the training unit described in 
that subsection. To the extent practicable, this officer shall 
be trained at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Acad-
emy or substantially similar law enforcement training pro-
gram at least once every two years. The FBI Academy 
is directed to develop programs, consistent with the prin-
ciples described in subsection (a), to train resource officers 
to carry out their unit development and training duties 
within 180 days of the enactment of this Act. States or 
units of local government receiving funds pursuant to this 
Act shall allocate funds from grants received under this 
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