[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2235

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 1998

 Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. Jeffords) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.''.
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