Presidential Executive Order on Restoring State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement’s Access to Life-Saving Equipment and Resources

Reporting cited here

1. 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.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Military-equipment rollback survived a Biden limit and returned under Trump's second term · Biden restrictions rescinded in 2025; federal military-equipment access broadened again.

2. documented
   Superseded · open corrected record

   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.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Trump revoked Obama limits on military equipment for local police · superseded evidence record