WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement after President Obama signed the Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act into law.
“Our brave men and women of law enforcement put themselves in harm’s way every day to keep us safe, as we’ve seen in their valiant response to recent terrorist attacks and ambushes on their own colleagues. We need to do all we can to ensure our law enforcement and first responders are equipped with the necessary tools and training to safely and swiftly resolve these dangerous situations. The POLICE Act boosts active shooter training for police and other first responders who are quick to run toward a crisis when others are running away,” Grassley said.
The Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act, which Grassley led out the Judiciary Committee in May, allows law enforcement and medical personnel across the country to use existing federal grant funds for active shooter response training. Under the bill, the grant funds can also be used for training civilians on the appropriate response when confronted with an active shooter.
President Obama signed the POLICE Act into law today. It is the 12th bill reported out of the Judiciary Committee under Grassley’s leadership to become law. In the previous Congress, only five bills reported out of the committee were signed into law.
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