Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct

<p>Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s second presidential administration shut down a national database that tracked misconduct by federal police, a resource that policing reform advocates hailed as essential to prevent officers with misconduct records from being able to move undetected between agencies.</p><p>The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which stored police records documenting misconduct, is now unavailable, the Washington Post<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/20/trump-justice-nlead-database-deleted/"> first reported</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/22/trump-administration-shuts-down-national-police-misconduct-database">Continue reading...</a>