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There’s a Lot to Learn About Crime. Trump’s Orders Are Making It Harder to Get Answers. | News Channel 3-12

The Trump administration altered the direction of America's criminal justice policies by ending crime prevention funding and issuing executive actions on April 28 that curtailed efforts to reform police practices and overturned agreements designed to ensure police accountability.
This shift focused on illegal drug enforcement and the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies amid protests and resignations in the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights.
Meanwhile, the FBI completed a 2022 transition to a new crime data system, but 6,000 of 18,000 police agencies failed to transition, creating gaps in national crime statistics.
At least 44 Justice Department grants worth over $47 million, including research on juvenile justice and policing strategies, were canceled, while data access was restricted and key databases decommissioned.
These actions disrupted public access to crucial crime data and hindered researchers' ability to understand crime patterns and prevention strategies, complicating government accountability.

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There’s a lot to learn about crime. Trump’s orders are making it harder to get answers. | News Channel 3-12

There’s a lot to learn about crime. Trump’s orders are making it harder to get answers. The Trump administration is quickly trying to reshape America’s criminal justice system. Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi cancelled hundreds of Department of Justice grants centered on crime prevention to shift its focus toward illegal drug enforcement and the eradication of DEI policies. On April 28, the president signed executive orders to limit police…

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There’s a lot to learn about crime. Trump’s orders are making it harder to get answers.

The Marshall Project reports that so far the Trump administration has cut funds for tracking bad cops, shootings and violent extremism, canceled crime prevention grants, and more.

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