Department of Justice Removes Database Tracking Federal Police Misconduct

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has removed a database that tracked misconduct by federal law enforcement officers.

The notice said the database was no longer active and was being decommissioned.

It’s not clear when exactly the database was taken down. Archived versions of the database show it was active in late January.

The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment.

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Biden’s order directed the attorney general to include in the database “official records documenting officer misconduct, including, as appropriate: records of criminal convictions; suspension of a law enforcement officer’s enforcement authorities, such as de-certification; terminations; civil judgments, including amounts (if publicly available), related to official duties; and resignations or retirements while under investigation for serious misconduct or sustained complaints or records of disciplinary action based on findings of serious misconduct.”

Trump did not specifically explain why he was rescinding Biden’s order. In his reasoning for rescinding all of the orders, he said that the Biden administration “has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government.”

He also said he wanted to “commence the policies that will make our Nation united, fair, safe, and prosperous again” and “restore common sense to the Federal Government and unleash the potential of the American citizen.”

“The revocations within this order will be the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will take to repair our institutions and our economy,” the Jan. 20 order stated.

By that time, all 90 executive branch agencies that employ law enforcement officers—as required by the order—as well as four additional federal agencies that were not required to had reported data to the database.

The database covered some 150,000 officers in the executive branch, including FBI agents.