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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 23, 2023
Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act
The bill provides additional funding for grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
The bill also requires law enforcement agencies that use the funds to hire or rehire a law enforcement officer to (1) perform a background check on the law enforcement officer, and (2) ensure that the law enforcement officer undergoes a psychological evaluation.
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Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] · D–GA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
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