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Police Funding: More Officers and Crime Fighting Tools

This act aims to boost public safety by funding law enforcement agencies. This means more officers on the streets, better tools to combat car thefts, drug crimes, and child trafficking. The changes could lead to faster processing of criminal cases and more effective detention of dangerous offenders.
Key points
Financial support for law enforcement agencies to hire and retain officers, including bonuses.
Funds to combat vehicle thefts, including carjackings, and drug crimes, especially fentanyl.
Facilitating the detention and deportation of illegal aliens who have committed criminal offenses.
Prioritizing stringent sentences for repeat offenders, including juveniles, and using bail and pretrial detention.
Funding to eliminate investigatory backlogs and process criminal evidence more quickly.
Resources to combat interstate child trafficking.
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Additional Information
Print number: 119_S_1079
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Process start date: 2025-03-14