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        S.2235

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
  To amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
         1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

    Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended--
        (1) in section 1701(d)--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively; and
            (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
        ``(8) establish school-based partnerships between local law 
    enforcement agencies and local school systems by using school 
    resource officers who operate in and around elementary and 
    secondary schools to combat school-related crime and disorder 
    problems, gangs, and drug activities;''; and
        (2) in section 1709--
            (A) by redesignating the first 3 undesignated paragraphs as 
        paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(4) `school resource officer' means a career law enforcement 
    officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community-oriented 
    policing, and assigned by the employing police department or agency 
    to work in collaboration with schools and community-based 
    organizations--
            ``(A) to address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and 
        drug activities affecting or occurring in or around an 
        elementary or secondary school;
            ``(B) to develop or expand crime prevention efforts for 
        students;
            ``(C) to educate likely school-age victims in crime 
        prevention and safety;
            ``(D) to develop or expand community justice initiatives 
        for students;
            ``(E) to train students in conflict resolution, restorative 
        justice, and crime awareness;
            ``(F) to assist in the identification of physical changes 
        in the environment that may reduce crime in or around the 
        school; and
            ``(G) to assist in developing school policy that addresses 
        crime and to recommend procedural changes.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.