Washington: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that calls for police reforms after more than three weeks of demonstrations spurred by the recent police killings of George Floyd in Minnesota and other African Americans.
The president signed the “Safe Policing for Safe Communities” order in the Rose Garden while surrounded by law enforcement officers and union members.
Trump has promised the order for days and has been under growing scrutiny since Floyd’s May 25 death grew into a national and international civil rights movement.
The order contains measures requiring that police departments ban the use of chokeholds to receive certification for federal grants and moves to create a national registry to track officers with multiple instances of the use of excessive force.
