WASHINGTON – This week, during National Police Week, Senator Ashley Moody alongside her Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues advanced a package of eight pro-law-enforcement bills to support men and women in uniform. This is the Judiciary Committee’s largest Police Week package in over 15 years. 

 

Senator Ashley Moody said, “I was proud to join my colleagues in advancing the largest Police Week package in over fifteen years to support our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to protect our communities. Every day, but especially during National Police Week, it is my priority to implement policies that back our brave law enforcement officers. I will continue fighting for comprehensive legislation that provides training and tools, supports officers’ mental health, delivers resources needed for them to do their job and keeps our communities safe. It is my honor to fight on their behalf so that we may work to make this country stronger and safer together.”

 

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said, “Day in and day out, the men and women in law enforcement put their lives on the line to protect communities across America. Today’s action helps ensure these brave individuals, and their families, are equally protected and supported. The legislation advanced out of our committee this National Police Week will boost investment in local police departments, safeguard benefits for fallen officers’ families and improve law enforcement recruitment and retention. I’m proud to Back the Blue and look forward to quickly moving these bills on the Senate floor.” 

 

Earlier this week, Senator Moody’s cosponsored resolution recognizing the service and sacrifice of America’s courageous law enforcement officers and their families passed out of the Senate.

 

The eight bipartisan bills passed out of the Judiciary Committee this week are: 

 

S. 180, Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act: 
A bill to use existing Justice Department funds to equip state and local governments with additional training and containment tools to guard officers and first responders against accidental exposure to dangerous substances.

 

S.1563, Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act: 
A bill to solve law enforcement staffing shortages by providing local police departments access to retired federal, state and local officers to perform investigations and analysis, as well as training for the next generation of law enforcement. 

S.419, Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act: 
A bill to expand mental health resources for law enforcement officers. The legislation would help provide family –support, mental health services and suicide prevention programs within law enforcement communities. 

 

S.911, Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act: 
A bill to ensure families of retired law enforcement officers who were killed as a result of their service are not unjustly denied benefits. The bill is named in honor of Chief Herbert D. Proffitt, a Korean war veteran and retired law enforcement officer who was tragically killed by an individual he had arrested a decade earlier. 

 

S.1316, Strong Communities Act: 
A bill to boost law enforcement recruitment and retention by incentivizing officers to work in the communities where they live.  

 

S.1595, Improving Police CARE Act: 
A bill to equip law enforcement officers with quality trauma kits, which allows them to respond immediately if a civilian or fellow officer experiences a traumatic injury during a call.

 

S.539, PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act: 
A bill to reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, aiding state and local law enforcement agencies in combating child sexual exploitation and internet crimes against children. 

 

S.237, Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act: 
A bill to strengthen federal support for families of police officers, firefighters and first responders who are killed or permanently disabled by service-related cancers. 

 

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