FEDERALhearing transcript

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Congressional Hearing on School Safety and Law Enforcement Information Sharing

Original title: PREVENTABLE VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: AN EXAMINATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SHARING AND MISGUIDED PUBLIC POLICY

January 1, 2018

school safety law enforcement information sharing public policy criminal justice

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The Frame

What this does

The hearing examines how gaps in information sharing between local, state, and federal agencies and specific school disciplinary policies may affect the ability of law enforcement to prevent school violence.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

K-12 students

Students are subject to school disciplinary policies that determine whether behavioral incidents are reported to law enforcement.

Law enforcement agencies

Agencies are responsible for managing information sharing and maintaining criminal databases like NICS.

What changed

Last recorded activity January 1, 2018.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

This document is a transcript from a 2018 House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing regarding the effectiveness of law enforcement communication and school-related public policies. The hearing focused on identifying systemic failures in reporting threats and the impact of school disciplinary policies on criminal record tracking.

Key Facts

The hearing was held on March 20, 2018, by the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
The primary focus was the examination of law enforcement information sharing and public policies related to school violence.
Chairman Sensenbrenner cited the failure to act on tips regarding Nikolas Cruz as a primary example of preventable tragedy.
The subcommittee investigated why disruptive behavior in schools often fails to result in charges or entries into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) or NICS databases.
The hearing included testimony from FBI leadership, local law enforcement, and policy researchers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the purpose of this hearing?

To examine how law enforcement agencies share information and how certain school policies might prevent disruptive students from being properly tracked in criminal databases.

Who testified at the hearing?

Witnesses included the Deputy Director of the FBI, a local Sheriff, and representatives from the Manhattan Institute and Child Trends.

Why It Matters

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

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Focus on School-to-Database Pipeline

The hearing highlights a specific legislative interest in how school disciplinary policies prevent incidents from being recorded in federal criminal databases.

NICS National Crime Information file

Connected Entities

personKristen Harper“Director for Policy Development at Child Trends”Map →

personTimothy Carter“Sheriff of Shenandoah County, Virginia”Map →

personDavid Bowdich“Deputy Director of the FBI”Map →

personF. James Sensenbrenner“Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investi”Map →

personNikolas Cruz“Referenced as the perpetrator of a school shooting”Map →

personMax Eden“Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.govinfo.gov

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