Military-equipment rollback survived a Biden limit and returned under Trump's second term
Reporting and findings
- reported
ACLU documents the post-2017 1033-program transfer regime and its oversight concerns, while Axios reports that Trump's 2025 rescission of Biden's policing order again removed restrictions on federal transfers or purchases of battlefield-style equipment.
- American Civil Liberties Union: Federal Militarization of Law Enforcement Must End2017 rollback, transfer data, and oversight analysis
- Axios: Trump orders database on federal police misconduct to close2025 rescission of Biden equipment and accountability restrictions
- documented
On 2017-08-28, Donald Trump revoked Executive Order 13688 and directed agencies to stop implementing its recommendations governing federal support for local law-enforcement equipment acquisition.
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Summary and current status
The 2017 order reopened transfers of specified military equipment to local police. Biden restored restrictions in 2022; Trump rescinded that accountability order in 2025.
Biden restrictions rescinded in 2025; federal military-equipment access broadened again.
People and organizations
- Executive Order 13809 police-equipment rollbackexecutive action under legal and impact review
- Donald J. Trumppresident who issued the action
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumprevoked police-equipment safeguards throughExecutive Order 13809 police-equipment rollback