US EditionTrump’s DOJ Has Cut Thousands of Law-Enforcement Jobs While Vowing to Get Tough on Crime
- On Thursday, Reuters reported that the Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from top law-enforcement agencies since the 2024 fiscal year, despite vows to crack down on crime.
- Upheaval at the Justice Department, driven by administration efforts to shrink government, prompted thousands of buyouts; officials struggle to fill vacancies, leaving about 7,000 positions unfilled.
- Data shows the FBI lost more than 7% of staff, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives dropped about 14%, and the Bureau of Prisons shed more than 2,200 employees amid a "staffing crisis."
- Former Justice Department lawyer Stacey Young criticized the "hollowing out" of agencies, while spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre claimed buyouts removed staff who "did not want to aggressively and faithfully tackle crime."
- Federal drug trafficking prosecutions dropped to their lowest levels in over two decades, while the National Security Division lost nearly 38% of its staff amid the shift toward immigration enforcement.
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FBI, DEA, ATF staffing drops despite Trump crime crackdown pledge | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to records obtained
Reinforced fight against crime is one of the promises of the U.S. government. Nevertheless, there is a massive job reduction in many law enforcement agencies. There are few exceptions.
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Trump’s DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime
Federal law enforcement agencies have lost thousands of employees as the administration reshapes priorities and reduces workforce size.
The Trump administration reduced the number of employees of some of the most important law enforcement agencies in the US by more than 4,000, while promising to step up the fight against crime, according to documents obtained by Reuters.
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