Mandatory Certification Form on Use of Force and Safe Policing for Communities

TN Certification Form on Use of Force and Safe Policing for Communities

The Department of Justice has charged the TACP with making sure our local law enforcement partners are aware of the President’s Executive Order (EO) No. 13929 on Safe Policing for Communities issued June 16, 2020. This EO’s goal is to ensure law enforcement agencies continue to provide transparent, safe, and accountable services to their communities. This EO provides that, if a law enforcement agency intends to apply for federal discretionary grant funds, the agency must ensure it complies with the required safe policing principles outline below, or in the process of doing so by the deadline of January 31, 2021.
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Mandatory safe policing principles:

Submission of this form represents, to the best of my knowledge, that the agency under my purview, meets certain use-of-force eligibility requirements, set forth by the U.S. Department of Justice, for discretionary federal grants. With this confirmation letter, our agency likewise respectfully requests credentials from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, certifying compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Standards for Certification on Use of Force and Safe Policing for Communities.

I have reviewed the Presidential Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, dated June 16, 2020, Executive Order No. 13929 (the “Executive Order on Safe Policing”). I understand that, based on the Executive Order on Safe Policing, the U.S. Department of Justice’s discretionary grant funding is only available to state, local, tribal, and university or college law enforcement agencies that have obtained (or are in the process of seeking) credentials certifying that they meet certain standards on use of force. I further understand that the Executive Order on Safe Policing empowers the U.S. Attorney General to designate independent credentialing bodies — such as the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program — to certify that a law enforcement agency meets the conditions of eligibility for federal grants.

The U.S. Attorney General has released a guidance document titled Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities to inform law enforcement agencies and credentialing bodies of these requirements. The guidance document is available on the Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities.

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Agency Originating Record Identifier (ORI): This number is assigned by the FBI for crime reporting purposes. *
Tax ID/Employer Identification Number (EIN): This number is assigned by the IRS for tax reporting purposes. The Tax ID/EIN can be provided by your finance department. *
Data Universal Number System (DUNS): A DUNS number is a unique nine or thirteen digit sequence recognized as the universal standard for identifying and keeping track of entities receiving federal funds. *
After reviewing the U.S. Department of Justice’s Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Communities and and our agency's policies, we have determined that our agency meets the following 2 mandatory conditions for certification:

I attest our agency's use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and locals laws. I attest our agency maintains use-of-force polices that prohibit the use of choke holds, except in those situations where the use of deadly force is allowed by law. I attest that our agency is in the process of updating and/or submitting our policy on chokeholds and will submit upon its completion.
Please upload only the page or pages of your agency's policy/general order showing that your policy prohibits the use of choke holds (expect in those situations where the use of deadly force is allowed by law). Before submitting your form please be sure that the attachment shows the policy statement the specifically reads that chokeholds are prohibited (we do not need the pages showing the definition of chokehold). Please only upload PDF or Word files. *

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Special Notes (i.e. if you city council needs to approve your policy or any other situations that would delay submission of your policy before the January 31 deadline.)
Because we believe that we meet the criteria above, we respectfully request that the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police include our agency within its database of certified law enforcement agencies. Please provide our agency information to the U.S. Department of Justice with other eligible agencies. We further attest that we have supplied the Tenneessee Association of Chiefs of Police with applicable policies and procedures to verify our certification request.
I, as the agency CEO, certify and attest that the above information is true and correct. *

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TN Certification Form on Use of Force and Safe Policing for Communities