Hudson Supports Law Enforcement Community

The Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 1039) – this bill protects public safety by giving probation officers the authority, while in the performance of their official duties, to arrest a person if there is probable cause to believe that the person has forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, or interfered with the probation officer, or a fellow probation officer, in the performance of his or her duties.

The Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115) – this legislation adds the murder of a state or local police officer as an aggravating factor for a jury to consider in deciding whether to impose the death penalty in federal capital cases.

The Rapid DNA Act of 2017 (H.R. 510) – this bill helps identify the guilty and free the innocent by allowing Rapid DNA analysis machines to be used at local police stations. Rapid DNA technology expedites DNA analysis for suspect identification purposes and allows local law enforcement to accurately identify a suspect within hours, as opposed to weeks when evidence is shipped off to a lab.

The Honoring Hometown Heroes Act (H.R. 1892) – this legislation honors law enforcement by permitting the American flag to be flown at half-staff when a police officer, firefighter, or first responder is killed in the line of duty.

The Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 (H.R. 1616) – this bill authorizes a program that has been run by the U.S. Secret Service for a number of years that trains state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges regarding cyber and electronic crimes.

The American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (H.R. 1428) – this legislation prioritizes the hiring of veterans by awardees of grants under the COPS Hiring program.

The Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2017 (S. 419) – this legislation makes several changes to Department of Justice programs to supply death and disability benefits to public safety officers and their families.