S. 1563 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, May 1, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryFunds hiring of retired law enforcement officers
This bill lets the Department of Justice give grants (money) to police departments and law enforcement agencies to hire retired officers to do civilian work. These retired officers would help with investigations, review video footage, analyze crime scenes, and perform forensic analysis. They'd also train civilian employees to do these same tasks.
How it affects you
If you work in law enforcement or a police department in your state, local area, tribe, or territory, this could affect your agency. It would give your department new funding to hire experienced retired officers for specific jobs, potentially freeing up active officers for other work and giving civilians more training opportunities in law enforcement support roles.
Read the official summary (Reported to Senate, May 20, 2025)
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to hire retired law enforcement personnel to perform civilian law enforcement tasks on behalf of the agency and to train civilian employees in the performance of such tasks.
Under the bill, the term civilian law enforcement task includes assisting with certain investigations, reviewing camera footage, conducting crime scene analysis, and conducting forensic analysis.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1563
A BILL
Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act
Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Crime and Law Enforcement · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 20, 2025: “Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 83.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.