A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of assistance under such Act that law enforcement agencies have in effect a binding law enforcement officers' bill of rights.

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Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to condition assistance to States, local governments, and agencies on the adoption of a law enforcement officers' bill of rights which includes, as a minimum, the following: (1) allowing off-duty officers' to engage in political activities; (2) granting officers specified procedural rights in connection with investigations of their conduct on duty which may lead to a personnel action; (3) requiring officer representation on any police complaint review board established in the jurisdiction; (4) prohibiting mandatory disclosure of officers' finances; and (5) establishing a law enforcement officers' grievance commission.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 January 1983

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