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[CITE: 42USC3796dd-8]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
 SUBCHAPTER XII-E--PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING; ``COPS ON THE 
                                 BEAT''
 
Sec. 3796dd-8. Definitions

    In this subchapter--
        (1) ``career law enforcement officer'' means a person hired on a 
    permanent basis who is authorized by law or by a State or local 
    public agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
    or investigation of violations of criminal laws.
        (2) ``citizens' police academy'' means a program by local law 
    enforcement agencies or private nonprofit organizations in which 
    citizens, especially those who participate in neighborhood watch 
    programs, are trained in ways of facilitating communication between 
    the community and local law enforcement in the prevention of crime.
        (3) ``Indian tribe'' means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or 
    other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska 
    Native village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native 
    Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), that is recognized 
    as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the 
    United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
        (4) ``school resource officer'' means a career law enforcement 
    officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community-oriented 
    policing, and assigned by the employing police department or agency 
    to work in collaboration with schools and community-based 
    organizations--
            (A) to address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug 
        activities affecting or occurring in or around an elementary or 
        secondary school;
            (B) to develop or expand crime prevention efforts for 
        students;
            (C) to educate likely school-age victims in crime prevention 
        and safety;
            (D) to develop or expand community justice initiatives for 
        students;
            (E) to train students in conflict resolution, restorative 
        justice, and crime awareness;
            (F) to assist in the identification of physical changes in 
        the environment that may reduce crime in or around the school; 
        and
            (G) to assist in developing school policy that addresses 
        crime and to recommend procedural changes.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1709, as added Pub. L. 103-322, title I, 
Sec. 10003(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1813; amended Pub. L. 105-
302, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2841.)

                       References in Text

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (3), is 
Pub. L. 92-203, Sec. 2, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which 
is classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-302 designated first three undesignated paragraphs 
as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and added par. (4).
