The Department of Justice must be tougher on law enforcement - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : This would require the DOJ to establish a standard for local police compliance with antidiscrimination laws, and to bolster its ability to review agencies' data on the effect of law enforcement on protected groups.
45% : Those include reversing the Trump-era policy to curtail consent decrees, which the department uses to enforce reforms in state and local police departments after investigating them for illegal behaviors such as discrimination or excessive use of force; implementing limits on choke holds and no-knock warrants for federal law enforcement agencies; and opening wide-ranging pattern or practice investigations into at least three major metro area police departments.
45% : It was tasked with researching and analyzing data regarding criminal justice programs to better identify problems and inform policy making.
36% : Finally, the Biden administration should halt the militarization of state and local police agencies and rein in the federal government's transfer of military weapons to local law enforcement.
21% : Since Biden took office earlier this year, the Justice Department has announced a slate of federal actions that it will take to tackle racist and abusive police practices in order to rebuild the public's trust in law enforcement.

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