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H.R. 8477

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To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a curriculum to train State, local, Tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement agencies to identify, investigate, and report acts of organized retail crime, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · May 21, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.
Congress
118th (2023–2025)
Introduced
May 21, 2024
Cosponsors (3)
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This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to develop training materials and programs to help state, local, tribal, territorial, and campus law enforcement agencies combat organized retail crime. The legislation requires the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to create guidance, educational outreach, and training courses that teach officers how to identify, investigate, and report organized retail crime activities. The bill also directs the department to conduct research and development on technologies and techniques that could enhance security and situational awareness to support these law enforcement efforts. The department must complete development of the training materials within one year of the bill becoming law and simultaneously carry out the required research and development initiatives. No specific funding amount is mentioned in the legislation.

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