US President Donald Trump to sign new police reform order

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order introducing several police reforms while rejecting calls to defund or dismantle the police on June 16, 2020. The order will seek to improve the treatment of African Americans and others by police officers by improving credentialing, training and mental health resources.

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The new police reform order aims to incentivize police departments to improve by tying federal approval of discretionary grants to good policing practices.

His order offers federal grants to improve police practices, including creating a database to trace abuses by officers.

The new order comes amid anger over the killing of African Americans by police officers.

Several US cities have proposed more radical reforms.

The order will also add social workers to law enforcement responses to non-violent cases involving drug addiction and homelessness.