Senate Republicans released a policing bill on Wednesday that centers on creating more transparency in law enforcement and using federal aid as leverage for change. Among other measures, the bill would increase federal reporting requirements for use-of-force and no-knock warrants and withhold funding to departments without bans on chokeholds.

GOP Senators Introduce New Police Reform Bill

Supplemental tables of data on violent incidents by total population, victim, and offender demographic characteristics (excludes simple assaults),

Criminal Victimization, 2018 – Supplemental Tables

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Supplemental tables of data on law enforcement officers assaulted or killed

Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2019 – Tables

President Trump took his first policy-oriented steps to address the national outcry for police reform on Tuesday, signing an executive order that, among other things, establishes a federal database of police officers known for using excessive force.

President Trump Signs Order Incentivizing Policing Improvements

Enhanced Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal

Providers eligible for additional allocations must provide HHS with information, and these providers must also agree to the program Terms and Conditions. This portal is currently open to Medicaid/CHIP Providers.

https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/cares-act-provider-relief-fund/for-providers/index.html

Just released: PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2020
This report, the tenth in a series that began in 2011, describes the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ data-collection and developmental activities during 2019 and 2020 to measure the incidence and prevalence of rape and sexual assault in correctional facilities. It discusses the following data collections:

• National Survey of Youth in Custody
• National Inmate Survey
• Survey of Sexual Victimization.

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/pdca20.pdf