Restoring State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement's Access to Life-Saving Equipment and Resources

2017-08-31Executive Order 13809
Signed by: Donald Trump
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Headline: Restores State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement Access to Life-Saving Equipment

What it does: Federal agencies must stop implementing recommendations from Executive Order 13688 and rescind any rules or policies that implement them.

Real World Impact:
  • Restores state, tribal, and local law enforcement access to life-saving equipment and resources.
  • Federal departments must stop implementing prior recommendations and rescind related policies.
  • Implementation subject to applicable law and available appropriations; no new enforceable rights.
Topics: policing, law enforcement equipment, federal policy, state and local government

Summary

This order revokes Executive Order 13688 and directs federal departments and agencies to stop following the recommendations issued under that prior order. It tells agencies to cease implementing those recommendations and to rescind any rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies that put them into effect.

The order aims to restore state, tribal, and local law enforcement access to life-saving equipment and resources. It also says implementation must follow applicable law, depends on available funding, and does not create enforceable legal rights.

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