A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to assist law enforcement agencies in achieving a binding law enforcement officers' bill of rights.

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Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to encourage States, local governments, and public agencies to adopt a law enforcement officers' bill of rights which substantially provides 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) allowing officers to file civil actions to recover damages from persons violating these rights; and (5) prohibiting mandatory disclosure of officers' finances.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 February 1980

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