Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program

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.)