President Trump reverses executive order; ends national police misconduct database

President Trump has ordered the shutdown of the first nationwide database that tracks misconduct by federal police officers. The move fulfills a campaign promise to reverse police reforms that came out of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

David Thomas has decades of experience working in law enforcement. He’s currently retired and now teaches at Florida Gulf Coast University, but says he believes the national law enforcement accountability database tracking misconduct by federal police officers should be kept running.

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