Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Botany

(75,523 posts)
15. Not only Jan 6th shits but undoubtedly some of the 150,000 cops who had been fired for abuse and ..
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 11:07 AM
Oct 5

…. breaking the law that Trump had their federal records expunged during his first week in office. ICE is
his head busters.

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 launched in 2023 as a central repository of the professional records of federal law enforcement officers. The main purpose was to allow prospective employers — other federal agencies or local police — to check their backgrounds for misconduct. The system is now offline.

Why did President Trump decommission the database?

It appears to be a casualty of Trump's flurry of first-day executive actions, which included the revocation of a long list of President Biden's executive orders. One of those Biden orders was a package of police reforms signed on May 25, 2022, the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. The database was just one item among many in Biden's order, and the Trump administration has not criticized it specifically, though in the preface to the revocation it criticized the Biden policies in general over what it called "unlawful and radical DEI ideology."

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5305281/trump-police-misconduct-database-background-checks


Recommendations

5 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»ICE lied about the shooti...»Reply #15