Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety

2017-02-14Executive Order 13776
Signed by: Donald Trump
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Headline: Creates Task Force to Reduce Crime and Improve Public Safety

What it does: The Attorney General must establish and lead a Task Force to develop crime-reduction strategies, identify legal gaps, improve crime data, and report to the President.

Real World Impact:
  • Creates a federal task force shaping national crime reduction strategies.
  • May prompt proposals for new laws addressing immigration, drugs, and violent crime.
  • Requires annual reports to the President summarizing findings and recommendations.
Topics: crime reduction, public safety, immigration enforcement, drug trafficking, government task force

Summary

This order directs the Attorney General to create a Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety to reduce crime and restore safety across the country. The Department of Justice will lead the effort and work with State, tribal, and local authorities.

The Task Force must develop strategies on illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime; identify weaknesses in current laws; improve crime data collection; and report its findings and recommendations to the President within one year and annually thereafter.

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