SB 1088

This bill requires the Department of Justice to establish an award program that

provides awards on a first-come, first-served basis to law enforcement agencies that

have gone through an approved third-party accreditation process. Under the bill,

there are two tiers of award funding available: the higher tier of funding provides

$25,000 to law enforcement agencies that have received full state or national

accreditation and the lower tier of funding provides $8,000 to law enforcement

agencies that have received core or partial state or national accreditation. Under the

bill, a law enforcement agency may receive an award once every three years.

The bill provides $792,200 in the 2023-24 fiscal year and $1,042,200 in the

2024-25 fiscal year for this purpose and increases the authorized full-time

equivalent positions for DOJ by one position to administer the award program

created in the bill.