United States · Bill · S
S. 1424 (111th)
Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2009
Introduced
9 July 2009
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Summary
Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the use of public safety and community policing grants to hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in communities with high incidences of violent crime; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to local governments to hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in high crime areas to enhance community policing in such areas; and (3) authorize the Attorney General to give preference to grant applications for the hiring and training of new career law enforcement officers for deployment in high crime areas. Specifies that grant amounts shall provide for a 5 to 10% increase in the size of a grantee's sworn police force.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 July 2009
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 July 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 July 2009
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1424
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1424