text: SECTION 1. POTENTIAL PROBLEM OFFICER EARLY WARNING PROGRAMS.
  
      (a) Declarations.--The Congress finds and declares that--
              (1) police brutality is a problem of deep concern; and
              (2) the Congress has an interest in assisting local units 
          in creating early warning systems that are effective, 
          resilient, and affordable to the local units.
      (b) Definition.--In this Act, ``potential problem officer early 
  warning program'' means a system of procedures that is designed to--
              (1) identify police officers who have been the subject of 
          an excessive number of legitimate complaints of excessive use 
          of force by members of the public or have otherwise 
          demonstrated the potentiality of having difficulty dealing 
          appropriately with members of the public;
              (2) provide assistance to such officers in avoiding such 
          difficulty in the future, including the provision of training 
          in communication techniques, conflict resolution, and stress 
          management; and
              (3) apply discipline where appropriate.
      (c) Evaluation and Report.--
              (1) Evaluation.--The Attorney General, acting through the 
          Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall--
                      (A) conduct an evaluation of potential problem 
                  officer early warning programs that are being or have 
                  been utilized by units of local government, including 
                  analyses of--
                              (i) the effect on such programs of factors 
                          such as the population and geographic size and 
                          characteristics of a jurisdiction and the 
                          ability of such programs to adjust in a 
                          resilient manner to changes in such factors;
                              (ii) the potential savings that local 
                          governments can realize from the operation of 
                          such programs as a result of the reduction in 
                          the number of citizen complaints, the reduction 
                          in the number of occasions in which it is 
                          necessary to change the duty assignments of or 
                          to dismiss (and replace) problem officers, and 
                          other beneficial effects;
                              (iii) the positive and negative effects 
                          that such programs may have on the law 
                          enforcement system, such as their effect on 
                          police morale and the ability of police 
                          officers to perform their law enforcement 
                          duties;
                              (iv) the ability of such programs to ensure 
                          the exoneration of officers whose conduct is 
                          proper while identifying those whose conduct 
                          indicates the necessity or desirability of 
                          prophylactic action; and
                              (v) the costs of establishing such programs 
                          and of operating and monitoring the 
                          effectiveness of such programs on a permanent 
                          basis;
                      (B) develop a model early warning system that is 
                  effective, capable of adjusting to changing 
                  circumstances, and affordable to units (or combinations 
                  of units) of local government of jurisdictions (or 
                  combinations of jurisdictions) with populations of 
                  50,000 or more; and
                      (C) prepare and disseminate to the law enforcement 
                  community, including Federal, State and local law 
                  enforcement agencies, findings and recommendations made 
                  as a result of the evaluation for the establishment of 
                  such programs.
              (2) Report.--On or before October 1, 1994, the Attorney 
          General shall submit to Congress a report addressing the 
          matters described in paragraph (1), with recommendations 
          concerning the need or appropriateness of further action by the 
          Federal Government.
              (3) Expenses.--Expenses incurred in conducting the 
          evaluation and developing a model potential problem officer 
          early warning system under paragraph (1) shall be paid out of 
          funds that are available to the National Institute of Justice 
          and not specifically appropriated for other purposes, to the 
          extent that such funds can be made available without increasing 
          the amount of appropriations for the National Institute of 
          Justice for any fiscal year over the amount appropriated for 
          fiscal year 1993.
      (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
              (1) the Attorney General should, under existing authorities 
          and using appropriations available for those authorities and 
          funds otherwise available to the Attorney General, make seed 
          money grants of up to $25,000 each to units (or combinations of 
          units) of local government of jurisdictions (or combinations of 
          jurisdictions) of a population of 50,000 or more for the 
          purpose of assisting the police department (or other entity 
          that performs the functions of a police department) in 
          establishing a potential problem officer early warning program;
              (2) a unit of local government should be eligible to 
          receive a grant described in subsection (c) if--
                      (A) its police department (or other entity that 
                  performs the functions of a police department) adopts 
                  and enforces--
                              (i) a written policy prohibiting the use of 
                          unreasonable or unnecessary physical force by 
                          law enforcement officers; and
                              (ii) written procedures for receiving and 
                          investigating citizen complaints alleging 
                          misconduct by law enforcement officers;
                      (B) the program to be funded includes provisions 
                  for continuing self-monitoring of the program, 
                  including the provision to the Attorney General of 
                  information that may be useful in performing the 
                  evaluation and developing the model program described 
                  in subsection (d)(1); and
                      (C) the grant recipient demonstrates a commitment 
                  to the long-term continuance of the program and the 
                  reduction of the incidence of police brutality;
              (3) a policy described in paragraph (2)(A) should--
                      (A) restrict the use of force to circumstances 
                  authorized by law and to the degree minimally necessary 
                  to accomplish a lawful law enforcement purpose; and
                      (B) include procedures for reporting and monitoring 
                  the use of force by officers within the jurisdiction of 
                  the department;
              (4) the procedures described in paragraph (2)(B) should 
          require that complainants--
                      (A) be allowed to receive copies of their 
                  complaints;
                      (B) be informed of the findings, disposition, and 
                  specific disciplinary actions, if any, resulting from 
                  their complaints; and
                      (C) be permitted to attend any disciplinary 
                  hearings that result from their complaints;
              (5) a unit (or combination of units) of local government 
          should receive grants described in this subsection in amounts 
          that do not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate; and
              (6) the total amount of grants described in this subsection 
          that are made during fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 
          1998 should not exceed $5,000,000.
target: Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) conduct an evaluation of potential problem officer early warning programs utilized by local governments; (2) develop a model early warning system that is effective, capable of adjusting to changing circumstances, and affordable to local governments of jurisdictions with populations of 50,000 or more; and (3) prepare and disseminate findings and recommendations to the law enforcement community for the establishment of such programs. 
  Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) reporting requirements; and (2) payment of expenses incurred in conducting the evaluation and developing a model system. 
  Expresses thhe sense of the Congress that:  (1) the Attorney General should make seed money grants of up to $25,000 to local governments for assisting in establishing such programs; and (2) local governments should be eligible if they adopt and enforce policies prohibiting unreasonable or unnecessary force by law enforcement officers and procedures for receiving and investigating citizen complaints.
feat_title: A bill to require the Attorney General to prepare an evaluation and report on potential problem officer early warning programs and to develop a model potential problem officer early warning program, and to express the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General, under existing authorities, should provide assistance to local jurisdictions in establishing procedures to identify and provide guidance to police officers who demonstrate the potentiality of having difficulty dealing with members of the public on a consistent basis.