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The Commission investigates where wrongdoing is found

To establish a medal of service for law enforcement officers and first responders, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The Commission investigates where wrongdoing is found

The document says “shallWho acts: Commission on the medal of sacrifice for law enforcement officers and first respondersHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“In the case of an official finding of wrongdoing, the Commission established under subsection (c) shall investigate the circumstances surrounding the law enforcement officer's or first responder's cause of death, including considering any findings by the local, State, Tribal, territorial, or Federal agency with respect to the officer's or responder's death.”

To establish a medal of service for law enforcement officers and first responders, Sec. 2

Subsection (b)(2)(B) directs the Commission set up under subsection (c) to investigate the circumstances of the death whenever there is an official finding of wrongdoing, and to consider the findings of the agency the officer or responder served. The section sets no deadline for the investigation.

What the document actually says

“In the case of an official finding of wrongdoing, the Commission established under subsection (c) shall investigate the circumstances surrounding the law enforcement officer's or first responder's cause of death, including considering any findings by the local, State, Tribal, territorial, or Federal agency with respect to the officer's or responder's death.”

To establish a medal of service for law enforcement officers and first responders, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

When there is a finding that the worker did wrong, the group must look into how the person died. It must also look at what their own agency found.

What this is about

The group is set up later in this same part. The law does not say how long the group has to look into it.

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