[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12667]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to discuss gun violence 
facing our citizens and police.
  Law enforcement officers and first responders across the country are 
faced with difficult and often unpredictable situations on a daily 
basis that require careful response to ensure public safety. That is 
why I introduced H.R. 5864. This bill aims to provide officer and law 
enforcement personnel with appropriate intervention tools and 
techniques to address interactions involving individuals with mental 
illness experiencing a crisis.
  H.R. 5864 calls for specialized training that provides officers with 
the tools to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness, 
including stabilization and deescalation techniques; partnerships 
community resources; and provides funding to create State databases for 
public safety and outreach.
  I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5864 to provide our police with 
additional resources benefiting our communities.

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