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This bill creates a new federal grant program allowing the Attorney General to award funds to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies so they can hire retired law enforcement officers. These retired officers would train civilian staff and directly perform specialized tasks such as assisting with homicide, carjacking, and financial crimes investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene and forensics analysis, and providing computer or IT expertise. The goal is to help police departments handle technical and investigative work by tapping into the experience of retired officers rather than requiring new hires or diverting active-duty personnel. The bill includes accountability measures, requiring the Justice Department's Inspector General to audit grant recipients starting the year after enactment, barring agencies with unresolved audit findings from receiving funds for two years, and requiring annual reports to Congress on audits, exclusions, and any duplicate grant awards. The legislation does not specify a total funding amount, leaving that to future appropriations decisions.

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