S. 1563 · 119th Congress
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar
- Introduced
- 2025-05-01
- Latest action
- 2025-05-20 · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Summary
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to hire retired law enforcement personnel to perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of the agency and to train civilian employees in the performance of such tasks.
Under the bill, the term civilian law enforcement task includes assisting with certain investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene analysis, and conducting forensic analysis.