Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities

 The Department of Justice today announced Standards for Certification that are a result of President Trump’s June Executive Order 13929, Safe Policing for Safe Communities. The Executive Order’s goal is to ensure that, together, we continue striving to provide transparent, safe, and accountable delivery of services to our communities. Our work on the Executive Order will enhance citizen confidence in law enforcement, and facilitate the identification and correction of internal issues before they result in injury to the public or to law enforcement officers.

 

Pursuant to authority vested in the Attorney General by the Executive Order, the designated organizations included here will serve as the independent credentialing bodies. Law enforcement will be eligible to receive federal funding from the Department of Justice grant making components upon certification by the respective credentialing organization.

 

An independent credentialing body will certify an applying law enforcement agency if it determines — or, within the past 36 months, has already determined — that the agency is in compliance with two mandatory safe policing principles in the Principles on Safe Policing and Use of Force.  Certification is a prerequisite to a law enforcement agency’s eligibility for Department of Justice discretionary grant funding. Agencies will be required to obtain certification by January 31, 2021 in order to be eligible for federal funds in 2021. The credentialing body will maintain a list of certified agencies within its jurisdiction, and submit this list to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (or “COPS Office”), which will serve as the repository for the list of all eligible law enforcement agencies. 

 

Please note that tribal law enforcement agencies are not subject to the requirements noted above.

 

We value your partnership and look forward to continuing to work with you to implement the Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities.

 

Please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO for additional information regarding implementation of Executive Order 13929.