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Trump’s Deleted Police Misconduct Database Was Full of Prison and Border Incidents

  • Over 75 percent of misconduct incidents in the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database were from prison and border guards, according to data obtained by The Appeal.
  • The database tracked over 5,200 misconduct instances, with Bureau of Prisons employees accounting for more than 2,600 incidents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection providing 1,169 records.
  • The White House stated that the Biden executive order creating NLEAD included 'woke, anti-police concepts' and justified Trump's rescission for supporting law enforcement efforts.
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Trump took down police misconduct database, but states can still share background check info

In the flurry of first-day executive orders, President Trump revoked a 2022 police accountability package, including a system to flag misconduct.

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Trump’s Deleted Police Misconduct Database Was Full of Prison and Border Incidents

Within days of President Donald Trump’s second oath of office last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) shut down its National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), a national directory former President Joe Biden created in 2022 to track police misconduct. Trump’s decision means thousands of federal law enforcement officers with misconduct histories are far less likely to have their misdeeds exposed during federal hiring, promo…

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Trump Shuts Down National Police Misconduct Database — That He Helped Create

When the State can hide its own crimes, it will only commit more of them. In a move that has transparency advocates outraged, the Trump administration has shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD)—a crucial resource designed to track police misconduct and prevent problem officers from quietly moving between agencies. While many conservatives were right to reject the “woke” policies of the left, which often prioritize…

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Trump took down police misconduct database, but states can still share background check info - TPR: The Public's Radio

In the flurry of first-day executive orders, President Trump revoked a 2022 police accountability package, including a system to flag misconduct. The post Trump took down police misconduct database, but states can still share background check info appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

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Watching the Watchers: The Future of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

On January 22, President Donald Trump terminated all three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an intelligence watchdog charged with monitoring the United States government's compliance with procedural safeguards on surveillance activities. The PCLOB's independence is also of concern to the European Commission, which relies on its reports in its assessment of whether US intelligence practices are aligne…

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Trump took down police misconduct database states can run background checks : NPR

President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP A federal system for doing background checks on law enforcement officers has gone offline — thanks to an executive order signed by President Trump when he returned to the White House on Jan. 20. The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD) was l…

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