Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

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The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is a major U.S. federal law that expanded law enforcement powers, regulated electronic surveillance, and provided funding and standards for criminal justice programs nationwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
acronym OCCSSA ⓘ
affects Fourth Amendment privacy jurisprudence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ⓘ
Title III wiretap statute ⓘ
amendedBy Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 ⓘ
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (related areas) ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSection 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510–2520 ⓘ
containsTitle Title I – Law Enforcement Assistance ⓘ
Title II – Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance ⓘ
linked to: Wiretap Act

Title III – Wire Interception and Interception of Oral Communications ⓘ
linked to: Wiretap Act

Title IV – Gun Control (later largely superseded) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ
Office of Law Enforcement Assistance (expanded and replaced) ⓘ
enactedBy 90th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes civil remedies for unlawful electronic surveillance ⓘ
criminal penalties for illegal wiretapping ⓘ
procedures for interception of oral communications ⓘ
procedures for interception of wire communications ⓘ
historicalContext enacted during the Johnson administration’s War on Crime ⓘ
influencedBy concerns about rising crime rates in the 1960s ⓘ
legalDomain federal criminal procedure ⓘ
surveillance law ⓘ
policyArea criminal justice ⓘ
electronic surveillance ⓘ
gun control ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
providesFundingFor criminal justice research and planning ⓘ
local law enforcement agencies ⓘ
state law enforcement agencies ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 90-351 ⓘ
purpose to establish national standards for criminal justice programs ⓘ
to provide federal funding for state and local law enforcement ⓘ
to regulate electronic surveillance by law enforcement ⓘ
to strengthen law enforcement powers in response to rising crime rates ⓘ
regulates electronic surveillance by law enforcement ⓘ
wiretapping by law enforcement ⓘ
relatedTo Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
War on Crime ⓘ
requires judicial authorization for most wiretaps ⓘ
probable cause for interception of wire and oral communications ⓘ
setsStandardFor court-ordered wiretaps ⓘ
setsUp block grant program for criminal justice ⓘ
shortName Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate 1968-06-19 ⓘ
title An Act to assist State and local governments in reducing the incidence of crime, to increase the effectiveness, fairness, and coordination of law enforcement and criminal justice systems at all levels of government, and for other purposes ⓘ
yearEnacted 1968 ⓘ

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National Institute of Justice → legalBasis → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → partOf → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration → legalBasis → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration → createdBy → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → shortName → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ⓘ
linked to: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
FBI Director → legalBasis → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
90th United States Congress → passed → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Crime Control Act of 1990 → legalForm → omnibus crime bill ⓘ
linked to: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Wiretap Act → partOf → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
United States v. Donovan → relatedTo → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
OCCSSA → standsFor → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → title → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
subject linked to: OCCSSA
Public Law 90-351 → officialName → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Public Law 90-351 → shortName → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ⓘ
linked to: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Public Law 90-351 → title → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
Public Law 90-351 → relatedTo → Omnibus Crime Control Act legislative proposals of the 1960s ⓘ
linked to: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968