# Driver and Officer Safety Education Act

This bill creates a new federal program to provide training and education focused on improving safety during interactions between drivers and law enforcement officers. The program would develop educational materials and training resources designed to teach both drivers and police officers how to conduct themselves during traffic stops and other roadside encounters in ways that reduce tension, misunderstandings, and dangerous situations.

The bill aims to address a real problem: traffic stops can be stressful and sometimes dangerous for both the people being stopped and the officers doing the stopping. By creating standardized educational resources, the bill hopes to give drivers better information about their rights and what to expect during a stop, while also helping officers learn de-escalation techniques and best practices for keeping interactions safe. This could include things like teaching drivers how to communicate clearly with officers, what they should and shouldn't do during a stop, and teaching officers communication skills that help calm tense situations.

The program would likely make these educational materials available to states, police departments, and the public so that driver education programs, police academies, and community organizations could use them. The goal is to reduce accidents, injuries, and confrontations that happen during routine traffic stops through better preparation and understanding on both sides. This is essentially a public safety initiative that recognizes that many dangerous situations can be prevented when both drivers and officers know how to interact safely and respectfully with each other.

Driver and Officer Safety Education Act

Green, Al

Driver and Officer Safety Education Act This bill increases authorization levels for FY2019-FY2020 for national priority safety programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Additionally, the bill decreases the allocation of funds under such programs for (1) occupant protection, (2) state traffic safety information system improvements, and (3) impaired driving countermeasures. DOT must award grants to states that enact a commuter safety education program for educational and training programs concerning law enforcement practices during traffic stops and other in-person encounters. In each fiscal year, 2% of the funds provided for commuter safety education shall be allocated among states that implement commuter safety education programs.