NC S566

Appropriates $250,000 in recurring funds and $250,000 in nonrecurring funds annually for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium to the North Carolina Justice Academy to expand training courses and develop online offerings.

Requires the North Carolina Justice Academy and Community College System to develop a memorandum of understanding by October 1, 2021, to enable community colleges to provide law enforcement training and reduce travel costs for agencies.

Appropriates $250,000 in recurring funds annually for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium to the Department of Justice to develop and maintain the North Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.

Expands the Criminal Justice Fellows Program to include Bachelor's Degrees and Basic Law Enforcement Training Program certificates, extends loan repayment periods to up to 120 months for Bachelor's Degree recipients, and redefines eligible counties to include any county with a population under 125,000 or designated as a development tier one area.

Requires all law enforcement agencies in North Carolina to establish Crisis Intervention Teams with specially trained officers by December 1, 2023, to de-escalate mental and behavioral health crises, with $250,000,000 appropriated from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to support training.