Promoting Police Leadership Act

Key Points

• The bill creates a national framework for training police commanders and supervisors. The Attorney General must develop or identify effective training curricula within 180 days, covering leadership, critical incident response, risk management, officer wellness, data-driven policing, evidence-based decision making, and building community trust.
• Training programs must include mostly in-person instruction and a hands-on problem-solving project where commanders identify a real challenge in their department, develop a solution with peer feedback, and present a final plan to their leadership.
• The Attorney General will set up a certification process for training programs and courses that meet the new standards. Programs that fail to meet standards can lose their certification.
• The government will publish a public list showing which law enforcement agencies have officers who completed the certified training, including the total number of officers at each agency and how many finished the coursework. This creates transparency and public accountability.
• The bill does not override state or local authority over police training and certification. States and local governments keep full control of their own standards for police officers.

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