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ORI CA03019 -Award 202OULW X0021 -Award Terms and Conditions 2020 - CHP -Page 16 of 16 <br />31. Background Investigations <br />Recipients agree to ensure that each officers) hired with CHP funding will be subject to a background investigation, <br />notify the COPS Office upon completion of the background investigation for each officer hired under the CHP award, <br />and cooperate with the COPS Office and provide updates on the status of background investigations upon request. 2 <br />C.F.R. § 200.207 <br />If the COPS Office determines that CHP funds are being used to pay the salary and fringe benefits of an officer who <br />has not undergone a background investigation, the COPS Office may temporarily suspend grant funds in accordance <br />with 2 C.F.R. §200.338 until the agency can demonstrate the background investigation has been completed. <br />32. Career Law Enforcement Officer <br />Officer hiring funds may only be used to pay entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for full-time "career law <br />enforcement officers" for 36 months. The COPS Office's statute defines a "career law enforcement officer" as "a <br />person hired on a permanent basis who is authorized by law or by a State or local public agency to engage in or <br />supervise the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws." 34 U. S.C. § 10389(1). A recipient <br />agency may use officer hiring funds to pay the salary and benefits of recruits while in academy training to become <br />"career law enforcement officers" if it is the standard practice of the agency to do so with locally -funded recruits. The <br />State of Alaska, and any Indian tribe or tribal organization in that State, may also use officer hiring funds for a <br />"village public safety officer" defined as "an individual employed as a village public safety officer under the program <br />established by the State pursuant to Alaska Statute 18.65.670." Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-211, title <br />IL § 247 (a)(2). <br />ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING <br />