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Executive Order

#14288 -- Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens (April 28, 2025)

Highlights

DoD and DOJ are directed to surge military-grade equipment, training, and even personnel into local jurisdictions, including non-lethal capabilities and potentially intelligence-linked resources being made available to local departments. Departments must prepare for legal, reputational, and community response challenges when using military gear or joint operations involving federal personnel.

Key Compliance/Risk Cue

DOJ and federal agencies will issue “aggressive policing” best practices to be adopted locally. Agencies may feel pressured to align with federal enforcement styles, potentially displacing reform-oriented models. More training opportunities will be provided, but they may prioritize militarized tactics or federal enforcement priorities over local/community-driven ones. Command staff must assess whether federal training curricula conflict with existing accountability or community policing protocols. Local officials, police chiefs, or sheriffs could become targets of federal prosecution or civil enforcement if they resist DOJ guidance or maintain reform-oriented practices (e.g., limits on use-of-force, sanctuary policies, DEI).

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