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Violent Crime Task Force Support and Officer Accountability Act

Status: HopperSession: June 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Crime

Summary

This bill would give DOJ grants to anti-violent-crime task forces to hire investigators, improve crime analysis, coordinate witnesses, and focus on repeat violent offenders. To receive funds, jurisdictions would also have to meet basic officer training, reporting, de-escalation, use-of-force, and annual certification standards.

Full text

To improve public safety and support effective law enforcement, this bill would authorize the Department of Justice to provide targeted grants to state, local, and regional anti-violent-crime task forces for investigator staffing, crime analysis, witness coordination, and focused enforcement against repeat violent offenders; require participating jurisdictions to strengthen coordination among local prosecutors, U.S. Attorneys, and law enforcement agencies in cases involving chronic repeat offenders; and condition funding on basic officer training, reporting, and accountability standards, including de-escalation instruction, use-of-force policy compliance, and annual certification requirements, in order to promote results-driven, transparent, and community-trusted crime reduction efforts.

Sponsor

Tyler McAllisterRepublican Party

Cosponsors

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Bill details

Filed
Jun 15, 2026