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Original Date Announced
January 20, 2025EO 14148 on "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions" rescinded EO 14074 on "Advancing Effective Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety." EO 14074 was a Biden executive order from May 25, 2022 that created the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which published the disciplinary records of nearly 150,000 federal law enforcement officers and agents, including immigration officers/agents.
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2025.01.20 EO 14148 Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and ActionsEffective Date
January 20, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)
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January 24, 2025
Bureau of Justice Statistics Alert: NLEAD is no longer active
An update on the Bureau of Justice Statistics NLEAD webpage confirmed that, due to the revocation of EO 14074, NLEAD is "no longer active" and being decommissioned by the DOJ.
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Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Actions: Presidential Orders Program TerminationSubject Matter: EnforcementAssociated or Derivative Policies
- June 16, 2020 EO 13929 "Safe Policing for Safe Communities"
- January 20, 2025 EO 14148: "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions"
Pre Trump-Era Policies
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June 16, 2020
On June 16, 2020, the first Trump Administration issued EO 13929, "Safe Policing for Safe Communities."
Section 3 of the EO required the Attorney General to create a national database that would "track, as permissible, terminations or decertifications of law enforcement officers, criminal convictions of law enforcement officers for on-duty conduct, and civil judgments against law enforcement officers for improper use of force."
2020.6.16 EO 13929, "Safe Policing for Safe Communities" (85 Fed. Reg. 37325) -
May 31, 2022
The Biden administration issued EO 14074, "Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety." Section 5 directed the Attorney General to establish the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database "as a centralized repository of official records documenting instances of law enforcement officer misconduct."
2022.5.31 EO 14074, "Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety" (87 Fed. Reg. 32945)
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
Federal Register, EO 14148
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Prior Policy
Original Source:
Federal Register, EO 13929
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Prior Policy
Original Source:
Federal Register, EO 14074
- Subsequent Action
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Commentary
Original Source:
BJS Report: NLEAD Accountability Database, 2018-2023
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Commentary
2024.12.18 Bureau of Justice Statistics Report: NLEAD Accountability Database 2018-23
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) published the report, "National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, 2018-2023." The report describes the purpose for developing the NLEAD and provides statistics on NLEAD's records, federal law enforcement officers, and its usage.
According to the report, all nine law enforcement agencies housed within DHS, including CBP, ICE, TSA, and the Coast Guard submitted records to the NLEAD. From 2018-23, only one unspecified agency reported no qualifying incidents.
Go to article2025.02.21 - Washington Post: DOJ deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Washington Post explains how the deleted NLEAD website "was first proposed by Trump in 2020 in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd" and was then created two years later under Biden. The article also claims "Trump’s revocation of Biden’s executive orders was part of the president’s effort to reduce the size and cost of the federal government."
Go to article2025.02.27 - The Appeal: Trump’s Deleted Police Misconduct Database Was Full of Prison and Border Incidents
The Appeal reports that more than 75% of the misconduct incidents in NLEAD were generated by Bureau of Prisons and CBP employees, with CBP contributing 22% of all incidents. The Appeal obtained the dataset, without names and identifying information, by FOIA, before the dataset was removed. Although advocates say the dataset was "better than nothing," they question whether the data in NLEAD was complete, and caution that it was not used to "clean up" federal officers' ranks.
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