3.0.0 1280 2023-01-11T13:36:22Z 2023-01-11T13:36:22Z Senate S 2017-05-25 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-25T20:25:07Z 2017-05-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-05-25 True Crime and Law Enforcement Government buildings, facilities, and property Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Photography and imaging Violent crime Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-28T21:14:06Z Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2017

This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to award matching grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase body-worn cameras.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance must give preference to grant applications from jurisdictions that: (1) have comprehensive policies and procedures related to implementation of a body-worn camera program, (2) have high percentages of officers without access to body-worn cameras, (3) have violent crime rates above the national average, and (4) agree to submit metrics on the use of body-worn cameras.

As an offset, the bill allows the General Services Administration to identify and dispose of (i.e., sell or demolish) excess federal property.

]]> Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2017 Display Title Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to help keep law enforcement officers and communities safer by making grants to purchase body worn cameras for use by State, local, and tribal law enforcement officers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1280is/xml/BILLS-115s1280is.xml 2017-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.