Representing Members From: AGRICULTURE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OIG Forest Service 1100 Connecticut Ave NW ▪ Suite 900 ▪ Washington D.C., 2006 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COMMERCE Export Enforcement Phone: 202-293-1550 ▪ www.fleoa.org OIG NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement DEFENSE Air Force - OSI Army - CID Defense Criminal Investigative Service Naval Criminal Investigative Service FLEOA Denounces House’s Partisan Approach to Police OIG Police EDUCATION - OIG ENERGY Reform, Urges Members to Contact Senators to Push a National Nuclear Security Administration OIG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Bipartisan Solution with Law Enforcement Input CID OIG FEDERAL DEPOST INSURANCE CORPORATION OIG FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY – OIG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2021 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Police FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Larry Cosme, National President of the Federal Law GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION - OIG HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) – the nation’s largest non-partisan, not-for- Food & Drug Administration OIG profit professional association representing nearly 30,000 federal law enforcement officers HOMELAND SECURITY Border Patrol Coast Guard Investigative Service across 65 federal agencies—denounced the actions of the House of Representatives last Immigration & Customs Enforcement Customs & Border Protection week to ram through its partisan approach to police reform, the George Floyd Justice in Federal Air Marshal Service Federal Protective Service Policing Act, without allowing consideration of any amendments; without the input of U.S. Secret Service Transportation Security Administration OIG federal, state, and local law enforcement stakeholder groups; and with only one hour of HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT - OIG INTERIOR limited debate: Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management Fish & Wildlife Service National Park Service “Last year as the nation debated the need for law enforcement reforms in the wake OIG U.S. Park Police JUSTICE of the horrible death of George Floyd, FLEOA agreed that steps should be taken to Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Bureau of Prisons increase the professionalization of law enforcement, increase accountability and Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation openness, enhance training standards, and work to bring communities and law U.S. Marshals Service OIG enforcement closer together,” said FLEOA President Larry Cosme. “In order to truly U.S. Attorney’s Office-CI LABOR - OIG NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE improve policing in our nation, law enforcement must be at the table. Their input is ADMINISTRATION – OIG NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISION – OIG necessary to ensure any reforms are realistic, pragmatic, and targeted towards the NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY – Police OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT - OIG needs not just the optics. Instead what we saw last year and, again last week, was that PENTAGON FORCE PROTECTION AGENCY POSTAL SERVICE the House passed a partisan bill with no law enforcement input that includes Postal Inspection Postal OIG Postal Police unrealistic and dangerous provisions that undermine the law enforcement profession RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION - OIG and make our communities more dangerous.” SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - OIG SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE - OIG STATE DEPARTMENT Bureau of Diplomatic Security The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 would: OIG TRANSPORTATION - OIG TREASURY FINCEN & OIG Internal Revenue Service – CI 1) Eliminate Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement Officers. Qualified immunity Mint TIGTA has a, often misunderstood, high bar for officers to receive and is the only protection U.S. CAPITOL POLICE U.S. PROBATION & PRETRIAL SERVICES law enforcement officers have from frivolous lawsuits. U.S. SUPREME COURT POLICE VETERANS AFFAIRS Office of Inspector General 2) Ban federal officers from using deadly force except as a last resort to prevent VA Police RETIREES imminent and serious injury or death to the officer or another person. This provision National President violates the Graham v. Connor Supreme Court tenants. The provision is also well LAZARO “LARRY” COSME National Executive Vice President MATHEW SILVERMAN beyond the National Consensus Policy on Use of Force, a practical use of force reform Vice President – Operations ENID FEBUS proposal FLEOA and other law enforcement organizations have supported. Vice President – Agency Affairs BRUCE BUTLER 3) Create National Police Misconduct Registry that in essence violates officers due Vice President – Membership Benefits WILLIAM HAMPSTEAD process rights and could become weaponized to target officers. This type of registry National Secretary JANISSETT SANTOS National Treasurer coupled with the impractical and uninformed use of force standards will deeply MADELINE GORRA Vice President – Legislative Affairs undermine law enforcement and deter reasonable actions to protect the public. DOMINICK STOKES Immediate Past President 4) Stop the transfer of equipment to law enforcement under 1033 Program. The NATHAN CATURA Executive Director majority of which is armor used as protection for law enforcement agencies during last DONALD MIHALEK National Chapters Director MARK HEINBACH summer and the January 6th Capitol riots. National Awards Director ELIZABETH MCALEER National Recruitment Director WILLIAM BELLER “Instead of conducting a real debate on the Democrat’s bill and the JUSTICE Act Retirement Director STAN SCHWARTZ Public Affairs Officer offered by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN), which had law enforcement input and addressed NATALIA CASTRO many of the above issues in a realistic and effective way, the House just passed a piece of legislation that accomplishes nothing of what is needed, defunds the police, and only further entrenches an anti-police dialogue,” Cosme said. “There are answers to law enforcement reforms that both the public and law enforcement have been calling for. However, in order to be effective, they must be realistic and receive law enforcement input. Passing legislation that is unrealistic and does not accomplish the goal of helping law enforcement professionalize is a waste of time.” FLEOA urges all members to contact their Senators as soon as possible to speak out against the Justice in Policing Act and to encourage a bipartisan solution that incorporates the views of all impacted stakeholders. Members can locate contact information for their two Senators by visiting this link. ### .