President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order backing local police departments with federal support in a rejection of left-wing “soft-on-crime policies” that “have fueled chaos” and caused Americans to live in fear.
The executive order aims to “empower state and local law enforcement with federal resources, focus federal prosecutions on high-impact crimes, protect law-abiding Americans, and pursue legal remedies against obstructive state or local officials,” a senior White House official shared with Fox News Digital before the signing.
The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to implement a handful of policies and initiatives to bolster police departments, including create an avenue that provides legal resources to officers “facing unjust expenses from official duties”; increase “surplus military assets for local law enforcement and evaluate their use in crime prevention”; ensure racial discrimination investigations in law enforcement rely on direct evidence only; and maximize federal resources to boost pay for cops, improve training and review federal consent decrees. More here
