To require the Attorney General to issue rules pertaining to the collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers.
This bill requires the Attorney General to create standardized rules for collecting and publishing data on deadly force incidents involving law enforcement officers nationwide. Within six months of the law taking effect, federal, state, and local police agencies must submit detailed information to the Department of Justice about every instance where they use deadly force, including characteristics of the officer and person involved (such as race, gender, and age), the location and circumstances of the incident, and what non-lethal methods were attempted beforehand. The Bureau of Justice Statistics would then compile this data and make it publicly available while protecting the privacy of individuals involved by withholding names and identifying information. Police departments that fail to substantially comply with the reporting requirements could lose 10 percent of their federal grant funding in the following year, and all collected data must be kept on file for at least four years.
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