YourVoice.Now Summary
Criminal Justice & Due ProcessPolice could get federal grants for role-play training on de-escalation and use of force — no new money added.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
The Justice Department would create a role-play course on de-escalation, use of force, and crisis response. States, cities, and tribes could then get grants to train officers with it, paid from money the department already has.
More about this bill
Police in your area could get new training on calming tense situations before force is used. Within one year, the Justice Department's community policing office would build a training course. Officers would practice with live role-play that copies real calls. Topics include de-escalation (calming things down), use of force and deadly force, crisis response, officer safety, and stress. After that first year, states, cities, tribes, and other groups could apply for grants to offer the course. No new money is set aside. The Justice Department would pay for it from funds it already has but has not spent. Each grant winner would report back after one year. The office would report to Congress every year on how many officers in each state were trained.
Congressional Summary
Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act of 2025 This bill directs the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to develop a scenario-based training curriculum that addresses topics such as de-escalation and use of deadly force. The bill authorizes grants for entities to provide law enforcement personnel with training that is substantially similar to the curriculum.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-05-13
- Date Added
- 2026-09-29
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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