On May 25, 2023, the White House announced a number of actions taken in response to the historic Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety (EO 14074), which had been released one year earlier and went into effect on the second anniversary of the death of George Floyd (see sidebar).
The White House reported that agencies across the federal government have made significant progress in implementing the requirements of the EO in the year since its release, with the goal of strengthening public trust and public safety. In this process, agencies engaged directly with stakeholders, including law enforcement associations, civil rights groups, labor organizations, technical experts and families impacted by police violence.
The following resources are available on concrete actions taken to promote accountability, raise standards, support state, tribal, local, and territorial law enforcement, strengthen data collection and technology, and more:
White House Fact Sheet on Accomplishments on Anniversary of EO 14074, May 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Justice Fact Sheet on Implementing EO 14074
Report on Law Enforcement Data Collection and Reporting, prepared by the Criminal Justice Statistics Interagency Working Group, National Science and Technology Council
Report on National Standards for Independent Credentialing Bodies
- ban chokeholds;
- restrict no-knock warrants;
- mandate the use of body-worn cameras;
- implement stronger use-of-force policies, including with the duty to intervene and duty to render medical aid;
- provide de-escalation training; submit use-of-force data to the FBI’s Use-of-Force Data Collection;
- submit officer misconduct records into a new national accountability database; and
- restrict the sale or transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement agencies, among other things.