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Legislative Alert: White House Releases the FY 2018 Proposed Budget

The Trump Administration has released its fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget with a focus on supporting “federal law enforcement and criminal justice priorities of our state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners.” The proposed funding request for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) totals $27.7 billion.

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office): The $218 million budget request for the COPS Office includes $20.4 million in enhancements for the COPS Hiring Program. The funding would go toward programs to increase public safety and advance community policing practices. The discretionary money would be awarded directly to law enforcement agencies through competitive grants.

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Legislative Alert: Chief Will Johnson Testifies on Responses to Increase in Religious Hate Crimes

On May 2, 2017, Chief Will D. Johnson, chair of the IACP Human and Civil Rights Committee, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing entitled Responses to the Increase i...
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Legislative Alert: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Attends 2017 IACP Division Midyear Meeting

The IACP State and Provincial Police (S&P), State Associations of Chiefs of Police (SACOP), and Midsize Agencies (MSA) divisions recently held their midyear meetings together in Litchfield Park, A...
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Legislative Alert: Ask Your Senator to Support the National Criminal Justice Commission Act

On March 8, 2017, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan National Criminal Justice Commission Act (S. 573). Joining Senators Cornyn, ...
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Legislative Alert: IACP President Testifies on Mental Health Care and Law Enforcement’s Role

On February 15, 2017, IACP President Donald W. De Lucca testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies’ Hearing on ...
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Legislative Alert: 115th U.S. Congress Now Under Way

The 115th U.S. Congress is officially under way. In early January 2017, all 435 recently elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives were sworn in for a two-year term and the 34 U.S. senators...
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Legislative Alert: IACP Meets with U.S. Attorney General Nominee

On December 6, 2016, IACP President Donald W. De Lucca and IACP Executive Director and CEO Vincent Talucci met with U.S. Attorney General nominee, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), to discuss his nominati...
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Legislative Alert: IACP Unveils Policy Priorities Document

Every two years, the IACP sets policy priorities that are representative of global issues that are most important to the association and its membership. These policy priorities are developed by the IA...
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Legislative Alert: Appropriations Update

On September 28, 2016, the U.S. Congress passed a 10-week continuing resolution spending measure that would fund the government and all of its programs at Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 levels until December 9...
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Legislative Alert: IACP to Unveil New Policy Priorities Document

As the 114th congressional session draws to an end, the IACP has been busy working on preparing a policy priorities document for the 115th U.S. Congress....
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Legislative Alert: IACP Seeks Candidates’ Perspectives on Criminal Justice

In mid-July 2016, the IACP submitted 10 questions on criminal justice policy issues to both the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump U.S. presidential campaigns in an effort to increase our understanding ...
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