This bill, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act of 2025, requires the Attorney General to produce three reports within 270 days. The reports must cover: (1) violent attacks and ambushes against law enforcement officers, including counts of offenders who target officers, coordinated attacks, federal and State responses, training program reviews, and analyses of existing data collections and the Bulletproof Vest Partnership; (2) aggressive actions or trauma-inducing incidents against officers that are not currently captured in crime reporting systems, and how to add a new reporting category to the Uniform Crime Reporting and National Incident-Based Reporting Systems; and (3) the mental health and stress-related effects on officers, available mental health resources, use of those resources, screening availability, and related recommendations. The Attorney General must consult the FBI, the National Institute of Justice, the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division where specified, and consult stakeholders including Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
The bill text includes findings that in 2022 there were 60 officers feloniously killed and that nearly 30 percent of those killings were from unprovoked or ambush attacks. It states Congress wants better data to guide Federal, State, and local responses and to improve officer safety and wellness.
If you work in law enforcement or manage public safety data, this bill would require federal agencies to study current reporting, training, protective gear distribution, and mental health supports. The reports must give recommendations to improve how violent and aggressive incidents against officers are tracked and how officer wellness is addressed. If you are a member of the public, the bill directs agencies to create information that could be used to shape future training, reporting changes, or resource programs, but it does not itself change benefits or create new programs.
No publicly available information.
Supporters say better, more complete data on attacks, ambushes, and noncriminal aggressive incidents is needed to target resources and training. The bill’s findings describe a rise in anti-police rhetoric and violent attacks, note the 2022 officer fatality numbers, and say officers face frequent assaults and stress. Proponents emphasize the need to study mental health resources, training effectiveness, and limitations in protective gear distribution to improve officer safety and wellness.
No publicly available information.