Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2026

States would have to require law-enforcement officers and academy enrollees to take training on bias, cultural diversity, disability and mental-health interactions, crisis intervention, and de-escalation. The training would include scenarios and proficiency tests, with at least 8 hours initially and at least 4 hours each year afterward.

For a state to qualify for a grant for a fiscal year, it would need an independent-prosecution law in effect by the last day of the prior fiscal year. The law would cover criminal matters involving an officer’s use of deadly force that resulted in death or injury, and could use one or more of several listed review or prosecution methods.

The Attorney General could award states grants to implement the training requirements and independent-prosecution laws. Each grant would last one fiscal year; the bill does not specify a grant amount.

States would certify that officers and academy enrollees completed the required training, and each state’s attorney general would verify that the training meets the bill’s requirements. The Justice Department Inspector General would audit an appropriate number of grant-receiving states each fiscal year.