[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69031-69032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33294]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
28 CFR Part 92
RIN 1105-AA47
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; FY 1996 Police
Corps Program
AGENCY: Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education,
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This rule adopts without change an interim rule published by
the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of
Justice, in the Federal Register on September 24, 1996, which
established a framework for the Police Corps, authorized by the Police
Corps Act, Title XX, Subtitle A of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994. One comment was received before the comment
period expired on October 24, 1996.
DATES: Final rule is effective December 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L. Anthony Sutin, Deputy Director/
General Counsel, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S.
Department of Justice, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530;
telephone (202) 514-3750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this rule is to provide
guidance to States and individuals interested in applying to
participates in the Police Corps. The rule addresses eligibility
requirements, application criteria and procedures, and certain post-
application requirements. The rule is not intended to be a
comprehensive compilation of the administrative requirements of the
Police Corps; the authorizing statute (42 U.S.C. 14091 et seq.) is
quite detailed in a number of respects and those requirements and
provisions are not repeated in the regulation (but are set forth in the
following overview). In addition, other program requirements and
procedures will be formulated by the participating States in light of
their circumstances and needs.
One commenter requested that college and university police forces
be made eligible for assignment of Police Corps officers. The rule does
not address this issue beyond restating the statute's requirement that
Police Corps participants be assigned to a ``State or local police
force.'' The Office intends to defer to participating States the
determination of whether a particular college or university police
force qualifies as a ``State or local police force'' under the laws of
those particular States and meet the other statutory requirements for
receiving an assignment of Police Corps officers.
Based on other inquiries received by the Office relating to the
program, the following additional points of background clarification
are offered. First, while the Police corps does make available
educational assistance to dependent children of fallen law enforcement
officers, this assistance is limited to children of officers who served
in a State that participate in the Police Corps. See 28 CFR 92.2(c)(3).
Second, nothing in the statute or rule requires Police Corps
participants who will receive scholarships for graduate study to resign
their officer position upon commencement of graduate study,
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to the extent consistent with their employment and educational
commitments.
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is adopting the
interim rule as final without change.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for the Police
Corps is 16.712.
Administrative Requirements
Executive Order 12866
This regulation has been drafted and reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12866, section 1(b), Principles of Regulation. The
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services has determined that this
final rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866, section 3(f), Regulatory Planning and Review, and,
accordingly, this final rule has not been reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Director, Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement
Education, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in
accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, codified at 5 U.S.C.
605(b), has reviewed this regulation and, by approving it, certifies
that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. This final rule builds upon the
statutory outline of a program providing scholarships and educational
assistance to individuals in exchange for a commitment to serve as a
law enforcement officer for four years, and the award of such
scholarships or assistance imposes no requirements on small businesses
or other small entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Information collection associated with this regulation has been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The OMB control number for this
collection is 1103-0035.
List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 92
Law enforcement officers, Scholarships and fellowships, Student
aid.
Accordingly, the interim rule adding 28 CFR part 92, which was
published in the Federal Register on September 24, 1996, at 61 FR
49971, is adopted as a final rule without change.
Dated: December 19, 1996.
Joseph E. Brann,
Director.
[FR Doc. 96-33294 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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