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What an official finding of wrongdoing means

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

What an official finding of wrongdoing means

The document says “meansWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“the term "official finding of wrongdoing" means a determination by the law enforcement officer's or first responders' superior officer or employing law agency that the officer acted outside of the scope of their duties or not in accordance with the agency's official policies or procedures.”

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

Subsection (b)(2)(C) defines the term for the paragraph it sits in. The finding is one made by the superior officer or the employing agency, and it is a determination that the officer acted outside the scope of their duties, or not in accordance with the agency's policies or procedures. A court is not named.

What the document actually says

“the term "official finding of wrongdoing" means a determination by the law enforcement officer's or first responders' superior officer or employing law agency that the officer acted outside of the scope of their duties or not in accordance with the agency's official policies or procedures.”

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

A finding of wrong doing means a call made by the worker's boss or their agency. The call is that the worker went outside their duties, or broke agency rules.

What this is about

So the finding comes from inside the workplace. A court is not named here. This meaning is used only in this one rule about who is left out.

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  1. The document itself

    Medal of Sacrifice Act of 2025, Public Law 119-94, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 830 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ94/html/PLAW-119publ94.htm

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    “What an official finding of wrongdoing means,” Medal of Sacrifice Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/medal-sacrifice-act-2025/proposal/sec02-official-finding-of-wrongdoing-defined/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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