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ORI CA03019 - Award 2020ULW X0021 - Awarcl Tura. and Conditions 2020 -CHP- Page 16 of I6 31. Background Investigations Recipients agree to ensure that each officer(s) hired with CHP funding will be subject to a background investigation, notify the COPS Office upon completionof the background investigation for each officer hired under the CHP award, and cooperate with the COPS Office and provide updates on the status of background investigations upon request. 2 C.F.R. § 200.207 If the COPS Office determines that CHP funds are being used to pay the salary and fringe benefits of an officer who has not undergone a background investigation, the COPS Office may temporarily suspend grant funds in accordance with 2 C.F.R. §200.338 until the agency can demonstrate the background investigation has been completed 32. Career Law Enf'omement Officer Officer hiring funds may only be used to pay entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for full-time `career law enforcement officers" for 36 months. The COPS Office's statute defines a "career law enforcementofficer" as "a person hired on a permanent basis who is authorized by law or by a State or local public agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws." 34 U.S.C. §10389(l). A recipient agency may use officer hiring funds to pay the salary and benefits of recruits while in academy training to become "career law enforcement officers" if it is the standard practice of the agency to do so with locally -funded recruits. The State of Alaska, and any Indiantribe or tribal organization in that State, may also use officer hiring funds for a "village public safety officer" defined as "an individual employed as a village public safety officer under the program established by the State pursuant to Alaska Statute 18.65.670." Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-211, title It, § 247 (a)(2). ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING 20C-22