PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

State or local police agencies that get a grant must use the money to start or improve training and support programs for law enforcement staff. They must provide at least one of six services: counseling for officers and their families, 24-hour child care, marriage and teen support groups, programs proven to reduce stress and prevent suicide, stress education for recruits and families, or technical help and training to run these services. Agencies may also offer 11 optional services. These include post-shooting debriefs, group therapy, hypertension clinics, 24-hour critical-incident response, 24-hour family crisis and suicide-prevention hotlines, counseling for disease exposure, peer counseling, support for families of officers killed or injured on duty, seminars on alcohol/drug/gambling/overeating, special training to spot and respond to officer mental-health crises and suicide, and related technical help and training.

Title 34, §10493

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(a)In general

A State or local law enforcement agency or organization that receives a grant under this subchapter shall use amounts provided under the grant to establish or improve training and support programs for law enforcement personnel.

(b)Required activities

A law enforcement agency or organization that receives funds under this subchapter shall provide at least one of the following services:

(1)Counseling for law enforcement officers and family members.

(2)Child care on a 24-hour basis.

(3)Marital and adolescent support groups.

(4)Evidence-based programs to reduce stress, prevent suicide, and promote mental health.

(5)Stress education for law enforcement recruits and families.

(6)Technical assistance and training programs to support any or all of the services described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5).

(c)Optional activities

A law enforcement agency or organization that receives funds under this subchapter may provide the following services:

(1)Post-shooting debriefing for officers and their spouses.

(2)Group therapy.

(3)Hypertension clinics.

(4)Critical incident response on a 24-hour basis.

(5)Law enforcement family crisis, mental health crisis, and suicide prevention telephone services on a 24-hour basis.

(6)Counseling for law enforcement personnel exposed to infectious disease.

(7)Counseling for peers.

(8)Counseling for families of personnel killed, injured, or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

(9)Seminars regarding alcohol, drug use, gambling, and overeating.

(10)Specialized training for identifying, reporting, and responding to officer mental health crises and suicide.

(11)Technical assistance and training to support any or all of the services described in paragraphs (1) through (10).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this part”, meaning part W of title I of Pub. L. 90–351, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796jj–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4)(A)(i), inserted “officers and” after “law

Enforcement

”. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4)(A)(ii), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “Stress reduction programs.” Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4)(B)(i), inserted “, mental health crisis, and suicide prevention” after “family crisis”. Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4)(B)(ii), substituted “infectious disease” for “the human immunodeficiency virus”. Subsec. (c)(8). Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4)(B)(iii), inserted “, injured, or permanently disabled” after “killed”. Subsec. (c)(10), (11). Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4)(B)(iv), added pars. (10) and (11) and struck out former par. (10) which read as follows: “Technical assistance and training to support any or all of the services described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9).”

§10493 Uses of Funds