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Biden Admin Puts Plans For National Police Oversight Board On Hold

Emily Zanotti
Biden Admin Puts Plans For National Police Oversight Board On Hold
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The Biden administration has tabled a plan to create a national police oversight board and will instead back a controversial police reform bill, despite President Joe Biden making a campaign promise to establish a police oversight commission within the first 100 days of his presidency.

Politico reports that Biden will put the plan “on ice” at the request of both civil rights activists and police union officials.

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