To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies for research, training, and acquiring non-lethal force methods.
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Latest Action · July 27, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish the Office of Non-Lethal Technologies and Techniques to coordinate, develop, and refine non-lethal technologies and techniques.
It authorizes the office to award matching grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to purchase non-lethal force technologies and to promote and train officers in the use of non-lethal technologies, strategies, and techniques.
The General Services Administration must identify savings to offset the cost of the grant program.
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