SB 22-067

Senate Bill 22-067, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, provides $50 million in grants to local law enforcement agencies for critical incident training. The funds will help police officers receive important training that can improve their response during emergencies and potentially enhance community safety. Local law enforcement agencies must report back on how they use these funds and what impact it has had. This bill is now signed into law, meaning the funding and program are officially in place.

Official Summary

The bill creates in the peace officers standards and training board (P.O.S.T. board) the safe neighborhoods grant program (grant program) to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to provide critical incident training to the agencies' peace officers. Grant recipients shall submit a report to the P.O.S.T. board of expenses and costs, and evidence of impacts as a result of the grant award. The P.O.S.T. board shall submit a report summarizing the information reported by grant recipients to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate $50 million to the P.O.S.T. board for grants. The P.O.S.T. board may use not more than 3% of the appropriation for costs to administer the grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)