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The order ties funding through grants from the Federal Government to reform efforts within local police departments. It would also create a database of police misconduct: …to coordinate the sharing of information between and among Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies concerning instances of excessive use of force related to law enforcement matters, accounting for applicable privacy and due process rights (WhiteHouse). Washington Post Reports: … the U.S. attorney general shall allocate discretionary grants “only to those State and local law enforcement agencies that have sought or are in the process of seeking appropriate credentials” from a federally-certified body.It also directs the attorney general to create a national database “concerning instances of excessive use of force related to law enforcement matters, accounting for applicable privacy and due process rights” (WPost).
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Trump signs police reform executive order in Rose Garden ceremony
By Fox News, June 16, 2020
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on law enforcement reform and said “chokeholds will be banned except if an officer’s life is at risk” as the nation reels from the death of George Floyd in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department and the ensuing unrest — which has sparked calls for changes in policing nationwide as drastic as dismantling entire departments.
The president made comments in the Rose Garden in which he struck a conciliatory tone while also expressing strong support for police before officially signing the order, which he characterized as promoting “the highest professional standards.” He also said, “These standards will be as high and as strong as there is on Earth.”
“We’re united by our desire to ensure peace and dignity and equality for all Americans,” Trump said, noting that he met with the family of Ahmaud Arbery, who died at the hands of two white men earlier this year in a high-profile case in Georgia, and families of other victims of racially-charged violence.
“These are incredible people … and it’s so sad. Many of these families lost their loved ones in deadly interactions with police … All Americans mourn by your side, your loved ones will not have died in vain,” Trump said. “I can promise to fight for justice for all of our people and I gave a commitment to all of those families … We are going to pursue what we said we will be pursuing it, and we will be pursuing it strongly.”
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Sen Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Attorney General William Barr were among a number of dignitaries in attendance at the signing ceremony. There were also representatives from a number of law enforcement organizations present.
According to the White House, Trump’s order touches on use of force best practices, information sharing to track officers who have repeated complaints against them and federal incentives for police departments to deploy non-police experts on issues like mental health, homelessness and addiction.
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5 Comments
3 years ago
Good!
Usurp the swamp and get it done via EO. It is impossible to pass decent legislation with the swamp. Hopefully the final details will be available soon.
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Here is a quick overview of Trump’s EO. The main thing is setting ‘best practice’ guidelines. These work well in many other professions. If cops don’t do them, then Trump will cut their funding. Choking is still OK, but only if the cop’s life is in danger. Another thing is preventing bad cops from getting jobs with other police forces. Other experts have said that police unions protect and enable bad cops. I’m not sure what Trump is doing about that.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
He does what he can. Unions are a problem…… “Best practices” mean nothing. It’s just the latest generic phrase that means nothing. I’m not sure you need a nationwide database for this. Just run his ss# and see where he worked. More details are needed.
3 years ago
You’ve missed the mark again, Pamela. I share the president’s and your concern about ped olice abuses. I was devastatd to hear of the murder of Mr. Floyd in Minneapolis – I have family there and I knew that this would ignite rioting and feared for people’s safety. The rioters are, of course, not mere thugs – they are a part and layer of the attack on our country from within – driven by some very dark forces. They are paid insurrectionists. They are bolsheviks. But this is the wrong way to address this. What people need is information – about the people they elect at the local and state levels, about the “movement” called Black Lives Matter, which is not innocent. But we should NEVER even allow our cities or states to accept federal money – especially for police. Every totalitarian regime has had certain things in common – an overthrow of the culture (i.e. tearing down statues, burning books, arson), disarming of the people, a public education system that indoctinates rather than teaches the children – teaches them to hate their country, to disresepct their parents and parents’ values, to reject religion, to espouse the agenda they wish to promote, and a national police force. We already have too much involvement of the federal government in our local police as it is. The federal government has already been providing equipment and funding jobs for the local police and even sheriffs’ departments. It is a very unhealthy idea. If we don’t want this to morph form ineptitude and fecklessness at the local level into an efficient Stazi, KGB or Chinese-style federal police force we need to take federal money OUT of local police. The problem of an ill-informed or indifferent constituency at the local level that not only tolerates the likes of Jenny Durkan or Jacob Frey, but APPROVES of them cannot be solved from the top down. Even in an “emergency”. Most of the worst programs have been enacted in a state of emergency. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS MOVE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RIOT PLANNERS WANTED.
3 years ago
I support Trump. But let’s face it, this is nothing but political posturing. Trump knows he needs the black vote in November… There is nothing wrong with policing in the USA. BLM want blood. The result of this is that police officers will resign en masse. The power vacuum will lead to chaos, anarchy and revolution. The Democrats are prepared to burn the USA to the ground, if that’s what it takes to get rid of Trump.
God Bless America
