Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act

Support for Law Enforcement Investigations: The bill allows retired personnel to assist with tasks such as homicide, carjacking, and financial crime investigations, as well as crime scene and forensics analysis (Section 3061).

Technical Expertise Integration: Agencies can utilize personnel with expertise in computers, computer networks, information technology, or the internet (Section 3061).

Training Opportunities: Grants can be used to train civilian employees of a law enforcement agency on specific civilian law enforcement tasks (Section 3062).

Accountability and Oversight: The bill requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to conduct audits to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds (Section 3063).

Screening of Personnel: The bill requires agencies to make a good faith effort to check for disciplinary or internal investigation records of retired officers before hiring (Section 3062).

Restriction on Authority: Retired personnel hired under this program are prohibited from having the ability to make arrests or use force under the color of law (Section 3061).

Risk of Funding Loss: If a recipient has an unresolved audit finding regarding unauthorized expenditures, they are ineligible to receive grant funds for the following two fiscal years (Section 3063).