 Reforming policing from the White HouseCatherine Crump Chapter 24 in Research Handbook on Penal Policy, 2026, pp 450-468 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: Chapter 24 explores the effectiveness of federal executive orders as police accountability tools. Drawing on the author's experience serving in the Biden White House, the chapter examines that administration's efforts to implement President Biden's Executive Order (EO) on police reform. The EO was the administration's primary response to the murder of George Floyd and national calls for police accountability. The chapter illuminates the internal power struggles between the White House and the Department of Justice, and even within the White House, over who should set policing policy. These bureaucratic skirmishes, coupled with the White House's institutional limitations, played a significant role in shaping the EO's implementation. The author details these complexities through case studies, including the establishment of a national law enforcement accountability database, the implementation of new use-of-force standards for federal agents, and efforts to develop best practices for police use of facial recognition technology and other advanced technologies. Keywords: Policing; Executive orders; Presidential administration; White House; Department of Justice; Penal policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:22152_24 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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