WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, December 18th, President Joe Biden announced the launch of the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD).
In the press release, Biden said, "As part of my administration's executive order on policing, we committed to create a first of its kind database to track records of law enforcement misconduct so that agencies are able to hire the best personnel."
According to reports, the database comes in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and other national conversations about policing in America. Biden said, "This database will ensure that records of serious misconduct by federal law enforcement officers are readily available to agencies considering hiring those officers."
As of this writing, the database only consists of federal law enforcement agencies. The press release from the White House states that they are "working to allow and encourage state, Tribal, local, and territorial law enforcement agencies to make available and access similar records as part of their hiring process."
Biden signed the executive order in May of 2022, two years after the death of Floyd. This incident sparked outrage across the country and calls for police reform. Biden said, "Since then, we've taken critical steps towards effective, accountable policing, including by requiring that federal law enforcement agencies ban chokeholds, strengthening use-of-force policies, restricting non-knock warrants, and directing other measures to advance effective, accountable policing that increases public safety."
The Justice Department said that the new database will track eight areas of behavior that the administration has classified as "serious misconduct" by former and current federal law enforcement officers over the past seven years. Forms of "serious misconduct" include: using excessive force, making false reports, engaging in bias or discrimination, and sexual misconduct.
The database will also include officer commendations and awards. In a separate statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "This database will give our law enforcement agencies an important new tool for vetting and hiring officers and agents that will help strengthen our efforts to build and retain that trust."
This database will not be searchable by the public. However, Justice Department employees and other authorized users at other federal law enforcement agencies will have access. An official with the department said that the database currently includes Justice Department officers, but will be expanded to include other federal law enforcement "in the coming months."
The Department of Justice will then publish an annual report with aggregated data that keeps law enforcement officers anonymous. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco said, "This database will make policing safer and more effective by strengthening trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. The Justice Department and law enforcement agencies throughout the federal government are committed to ensuring that the database strengthens hiring practices while protecting the safety, due process rights, and privacy of law enforcement officers."
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said, "The NLEAD will help ensure that federal hiring officials have the most accurate and important information when making hiring decisions. This database, along with our work to expand access to this information at the state and local level, is a significant step forward in increasing transparency and accountability, and in enhancing police-community trust."
The Justice Department said that it also partnered with a police training association to expand a national registry of de-certification and revocation actions against state and local law enforcement officers as a way to encourage accountability efforts in state and local agencies.
In the press release, Biden said, "As part of my administration's executive order on policing, we committed to create a first of its kind database to track records of law enforcement misconduct so that agencies are able to hire the best personnel."
According to reports, the database comes in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and other national conversations about policing in America. Biden said, "This database will ensure that records of serious misconduct by federal law enforcement officers are readily available to agencies considering hiring those officers."
As of this writing, the database only consists of federal law enforcement agencies. The press release from the White House states that they are "working to allow and encourage state, Tribal, local, and territorial law enforcement agencies to make available and access similar records as part of their hiring process."
Biden signed the executive order in May of 2022, two years after the death of Floyd. This incident sparked outrage across the country and calls for police reform. Biden said, "Since then, we've taken critical steps towards effective, accountable policing, including by requiring that federal law enforcement agencies ban chokeholds, strengthening use-of-force policies, restricting non-knock warrants, and directing other measures to advance effective, accountable policing that increases public safety."
The Justice Department said that the new database will track eight areas of behavior that the administration has classified as "serious misconduct" by former and current federal law enforcement officers over the past seven years. Forms of "serious misconduct" include: using excessive force, making false reports, engaging in bias or discrimination, and sexual misconduct.
The database will also include officer commendations and awards. In a separate statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "This database will give our law enforcement agencies an important new tool for vetting and hiring officers and agents that will help strengthen our efforts to build and retain that trust."
This database will not be searchable by the public. However, Justice Department employees and other authorized users at other federal law enforcement agencies will have access. An official with the department said that the database currently includes Justice Department officers, but will be expanded to include other federal law enforcement "in the coming months."
The Department of Justice will then publish an annual report with aggregated data that keeps law enforcement officers anonymous. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco said, "This database will make policing safer and more effective by strengthening trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. The Justice Department and law enforcement agencies throughout the federal government are committed to ensuring that the database strengthens hiring practices while protecting the safety, due process rights, and privacy of law enforcement officers."
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said, "The NLEAD will help ensure that federal hiring officials have the most accurate and important information when making hiring decisions. This database, along with our work to expand access to this information at the state and local level, is a significant step forward in increasing transparency and accountability, and in enhancing police-community trust."
The Justice Department said that it also partnered with a police training association to expand a national registry of de-certification and revocation actions against state and local law enforcement officers as a way to encourage accountability efforts in state and local agencies.
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Comments
2023-12-23T16:07-0500 | Comment by: Free
THIS MARXIST REGIME IS THE MOST HORRENDOUS IN US HISTORY. OBAMA IS A CLOSE SECOND BUT DOLLAR TO DONUTS HE IS RUNNING THE SHOW!!💁🏻♀️
2023-12-23T17:19-0500 | Comment by: Robert
Hey Joey (The Chin) Bidino, would you like to address your CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES for the last fifty years.
2023-12-23T18:06-0500 | Comment by: Dupree
The Federal Government needs to take their boot of law enforcement’s neck. The Federal Government should support law enforcement and provide more funding. It appears at this time they are hurting law enforcement than helping it. Law enforcement agencies do a better job during the hiring process. Bring the Government into it and it will cause chaos.
2023-12-23T18:27-0500 | Comment by: Jane
That old coot is not running anything! Obama has been running the Democrat Party of liberals since 2008 when he promised to "fundamentally transform America". Obama hates this country because he is a communist as was his mother and grandparents who raised him. His real name is Barry Soetoro it is not Barack Obama. America has been hijacked in plain sight.
2023-12-26T11:11-0500 | Comment by: Laurence
Why was my truthful comment blocked? There should be a databse of all the corruption that the Bidens have engaged in over the past 30 years. And how about a database of all the criminal illegals?