This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), to create a scenario-based training curriculum and a certification process for immigration officers. DHS must finish the curriculum within 90 days of enactment. The curriculum must cover community-police relations, officer safety, resilience, situational awareness, physical and emotional responses to stress, decision making, de-escalation, use of force (including deadly force), and crisis intervention. DHS must consult with law enforcement groups, community organizations, and defense and national security agencies. DHS must also provide technical help to components that want to use the curriculum, review best practices in scenario-based learning, and set up annual certification for officers who complete the training. DHS must send Congress a report within 180 days describing benefits, barriers, and recommendations to improve access to the training. The bill also amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that an immigration officer or employee complete at least 67 days of training before performing immigration enforcement duties. The bill defines "immigration officer" to include federal employees designated under the Immigration and Nationality Act and state or local officers acting under section 287(g).
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The bill frames the training goals as improving community-police relations, officer safety and resilience, decision making, de-escalation skills, and crisis intervention. It emphasizes use of scenario-based learning and certification to keep training up to date.
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