I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2875 
To encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Ms. JUDY
CHU
of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, 
Ms. BASS, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LEE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 
MOORE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Ms. PLASKETT) 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 2015’’. 
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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 national, State, regional, and tribal accred-
itation 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 that will result 
in greater community accountability of law enforce-
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ment agencies and an increased focus on policing 
with a guardian mentality, including standards relat-
ing to early warning systems and related interven-
tion programs, use of force procedures, civilian re-
view procedures, traffic and pedestrian stop and 
search procedures, data collection and transparency, 
administrative due process requirements, video moni-
toring technology, juvenile justice and school safety, 
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, tribal law 
enforcement agencies, and campus public safety depart-
ments under this title to assist in gaining or maintaining 
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accreditation from certified law enforcement 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 for Law Enforce-
ment Agencies (CALEA)). 
(2) The term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means 
a State, local, Indian tribal, or campus public agency 
engaged in the prevention, detection, or investiga-
tion, prosecution, or adjudication of violations 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 
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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), Women in Law Enforcement, 
Native American Law Enforcement Association 
(NALEA), International Association of Chiefs of Po-
lice (IACP), National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), 
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and National As-
sociation of School Resource Officers). 
(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 
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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 standards 
and programs to promote effective community and prob-
lem solving strategies 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 systems, juvenile jus-
tice, school safety, civilian review boards or analogous pro-
cedures, or research into the effectiveness of existing pro-
grams, projects, or other activities designed to address 
misconduct by law enforcement officers. 
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(c) PROJECT GRANTS TO DEVELOP PILOT PRO-
GRAMS.—Grants made under subsection (a) shall also be 
used to develop pilot programs and implement effective 
standards and programs in the areas of training, hiring 
and recruitment, and oversight that are designed to im-
prove management and address misconduct by law en-
forcement officers. These programs shall include the fol-
lowing 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, nonlethal force, and 
de-escalation; 
(B) investigation of misconduct and prac-
tices and procedures for referral to prosecuting 
authorities use of deadly force or racial 
profiling; 
(C) disproportionate minority contact by 
law enforcement; 
(D) tactical and defensive strategy; 
(E) arrests, searches, and restraint; 
(F) professional verbal communications 
with civilians; 
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(G) interactions with youth, the mentally 
ill, and limited English proficiency, multi-cul-
tural communities; 
(H) proper traffic, pedestrian, and other 
enforcement stops; and 
(I) community relations and bias aware-
ness. 
(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 officers representative of the 
communities they serve; 
(B) the development of selection, pro-
motion, educational, background, and psycho-
logical standards that comport with title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 
and 
(C) initiatives to encourage residency in 
the jurisdiction served by the law enforcement 
agency 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-
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dures by community-based organizations, early 
warning systems and related intervention programs, 
video monitoring technology, data collection and 
transparency, and administrative due process re-
quirements inherent to complaint procedures for 
members of the public and law enforcement. 
(4) JUVENILE JUSTICE AND SCHOOL SAFETY.— 
The development of uniform standards on juvenile 
justice and school safety, including standards relat-
ing to interaction and communication with juveniles, 
physical contact, use of lethal and nonlethal force, 
notification of a parent or guardian, interviews and 
questioning, custodial interrogation, audio and video 
recording, conditions of custody, alternatives to ar-
rest, referral to child protection agencies, and re-
moval from school grounds or campus. 
(5) VICTIM SERVICES.—Counseling services, in-
cluding psychological counseling, for individuals and 
communities impacted 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; 
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(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. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) The Attorney General may provide technical 
assistance to States, units of local government, In-
dian tribal governments, and to other public and pri-
vate entities, in furtherance of the purposes of this 
section. 
(2) The technical assistance provided by the At-
torney General may include the development of mod-
els for State, local, and Indian tribal governments, 
and other public and private entities, to reduce law 
enforcement misconduct. Any development of such 
models shall be in consultation with community- 
based organizations. 
(f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 
may use any component or components of the Department 
of Justice in carrying out this title. 
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(g) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of an In-
dian tribal government or nonprofit community- 
based organization, the portion of the costs of a pro-
gram, project, or activity provided by a grant under 
subsection (a) may not exceed 75 percent. 
(2) WAIVERS.—The Attorney General may 
waive, wholly or in part, the requirement under 
paragraph (1) of a non-Federal contribution to the 
costs of a program, project, or activity. 
(h) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) APPLICATION.—An application for a grant 
under this title shall be submitted in such form, and 
contain such information, as the Attorney General 
may prescribe by guidelines. 
(2) PRIORITY.—For law enforcement agency 
applications, priority shall be given to applicants 
seeking or having been awarded accreditation from 
national law enforcement accreditation organizations 
as defined in section 102. 
(3) APPROVAL.—A grant may not be made 
under this title unless an application has been sub-
mitted to, and approved by, the Attorney General. 
(i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 
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(1) MONITORING
COMPONENTS.—Each pro-
gram, project, or activity funded under this title 
shall contain a monitoring component, which shall be 
developed pursuant to guidelines established by the 
Attorney General. Such monitoring component shall 
include systematic identification and collection of 
data about activities, accomplishments, and pro-
grams throughout the life of the program, project, or 
activity and presentation of such data in a usable 
form. 
(2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—Selected grant 
recipients shall be evaluated on the local level or as 
part of a national evaluation, pursuant to guidelines 
established by the Attorney General. Such evalua-
tions may include independent audits of police be-
havior and other assessments of individual program 
implementations. In selected jurisdictions that are 
able to support outcome evaluations, the effective-
ness of funded programs, projects, and activities 
may be required. 
(3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At-
torney General may require a grant recipient to sub-
mit biannually to the Attorney General the results of 
the monitoring and evaluations required under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and such other data and infor-
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mation as the Attorney General deems reasonably 
necessary. 
(j) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.—If 
the Attorney General determines, as a result of monitoring 
under subsection (i) or otherwise, that a grant recipient 
under this title is not in substantial compliance with the 
terms and requirements of the approved grant application 
submitted under subsection (h), the Attorney General may 
revoke or suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in 
part. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
(1) The terms ‘‘law enforcement accreditation 
organization’’, ‘‘law enforcement agency’’, ‘‘commu-
nity-based organization’’, and ‘‘professional law en-
forcement association’’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 102 of this Act. 
(2) The term ‘‘private entity’’ means a private 
security organization engaged in the prevention, de-
tection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws 
and/or organizational policy (such as privately oper-
ated campus public safety units or department store 
security). 
(3) The term ‘‘civilian review board’’ means an 
administrative entity that— 
(A) is independent and adequately funded; 
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(B) has investigatory authority and staff 
subpoena power; 
(C) has representative community diver-
sity; 
(D) has policymaking authority; 
(E) provides advocates for civilian com-
plainants; 
(F) has mandatory police power to conduct 
hearings; and 
(G) conducts statistical studies on pre-
vailing complaint trends. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE 
DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES 
SEC. 301. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
conduct a nationwide study of the prevalence and ef-
fect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law 
enforcement officer to delay the response to ques-
tions posed by a local internal affairs officer, or re-
view board on the investigative integrity and pros-
ecution of law enforcement misconduct, including 
preinterview warnings and termination policies. 
(2) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 
shall perform an initial analysis of existing State 
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statutes to determine whether, at a threshold level, 
the effect of this type of rule or procedure raises 
material investigatory issues that could impair or 
hinder a prompt and thorough investigation of pos-
sible misconduct, including criminal conduct, that 
would justify a wider inquiry. 
(3) DATA
COLLECTION.—After completion of 
the initial analysis under paragraph (2), and consid-
ering material investigatory issues, the Attorney 
General shall gather additional data nationwide on 
similar rules from a representative and statistically 
significant sample of jurisdictions, to determine 
whether such rules and procedures raise such mate-
rial investigatory issues. 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) INITIAL
ANALYSIS.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this title, the 
Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 
containing the results of its initial analysis, make 
such report available to the public, and identify the 
jurisdictions for which the study is to be conducted. 
(2) DATA COLLECTED.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this title, the At-
torney General shall submit to Congress a report 
containing the results of the data collected under 
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this title and cause a copy of such report to be pub-
lished in the Federal Register. 
TITLE IV—ENHANCED FUNDING 
TO 
COMBAT 
POLICE 
MIS-
CONDUCT 
SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2016, in addition to any other sums authorized to 
be appropriated for this purpose, $5,000,000 for addi-
tional expenses related to the enforcement of section 
210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141), criminal enforce-
ment (18 U.S.C. 241 and 242), and administrative en-
forcement by the Department of Justice, and $3,300,000 
for additional expenses related to conflict resolution by the 
Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service. 
TITLE 
V—NATIONAL 
TASK 
FORCE ON LAW ENFORCE-
MENT OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 501. NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OVERSIGHT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department of Justice a task force to be known as 
the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight (herein-
after in this title referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
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(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com-
posed of individuals appointed by the Attorney General, 
who shall appoint at least 1 individual from each of the 
following: 
(1) the Special Litigation Section of the Civil 
Rights Division; 
(2) the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Di-
vision; 
(3) the Federal Coordination and Compliance 
Section of the Civil Rights Division; 
(4) the Employment Litigation Section of the 
Civil Rights Division; 
(5) the Disability Rights Section of the Civil 
Rights Division; 
(6) the Office of Justice Programs; 
(7) the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services (COPS); 
(8) the Corruption/Civil Rights Section of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(9) the Community Relations Service; 
(10) Office of Tribal Justice; and 
(11) the unit within the Department of Justice 
assigned as a liaison for civilian review boards. 
(c) POWERS AND DUTIES.—The Task Force shall 
consult with professional law enforcement associations (as 
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defined in section 102), labor organizations, and commu-
nity-based organizations (as defined in section 102) to co-
ordinate the process of the detection and referral of com-
plaints regarding incidents of alleged law enforcement 
misconduct. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal 
year to carry out this section. 
TITLE VI—FEDERAL DATA COL-
LECTION ON LAW ENFORCE-
MENT PRACTICES 
SEC. 601. FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCE-
MENT PRACTICES. 
(a) AGENCIES TO REPORT.—Each Federal and State 
and local law enforcement agency shall report data of the 
practices of that agency to the Attorney General. 
(b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION BY RACE, ETH-
NICITY, AND GENDER.—For each practice enumerated in 
subsection (c), the reporting law enforcement agency shall 
provide a breakdown of the numbers of incidents of that 
practice by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the officers 
and employees of the agency and of members of the public 
involved in the practice. 
(c) PRACTICES TO BE REPORTED ON.—The prac-
tices to be reported on are the following: 
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(1) Traffic violation stops. 
(2) Pedestrian stops. 
(3) Frisk and body searches. 
(4) Instances where officers or employees of the 
law enforcement agency used deadly force, includ-
ing— 
(A) a description of when and where dead-
ly force was used, and whether it resulted in 
death; 
(B) a description of deadly force directed 
against an officer or employee and whether it 
resulted in injury or death; and 
(C) the law enforcement agency’s justifica-
tion for use of deadly force, if the agency deter-
mines it was justified. 
(d) RETENTION OF DATA.—Each law enforcement 
agency required to report data under this section shall 
maintain records relating to any matter so reportable for 
not less than 4 years after those records are created. 
(e) PENALTY FOR STATES FAILING TO REPORT AS 
REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year, a State 
shall not receive any amount that would otherwise 
be allocated to that State under section 505(a) of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
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1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755(a)), or any amount from any 
other law enforcement assistance program of the De-
partment of Justice, unless the State has ensured, 
to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, that 
each State and local law enforcement agency is in 
substantial compliance with the requirements of this 
section. 
(2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated by 
reason of this subsection shall be reallocated to 
States not disqualified by failure to comply with this 
section. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this section. 
TITLE 
VII—MEDALLIONS 
FOR 
FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS 
SEC. 701. MEDALLIONS FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the National Law Enforcement Officers Me-
morial Fund, shall create and provide a distinctive medal-
lion to be issued to the survivors of law enforcement offi-
cers— 
(1) killed in the line of duty; and 
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