Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct

News of the NLEAD's erasure comes as police misconduct is far from rooted out in American law enforcement. For instance, in Hanceville, Alabama, an entire department was recently put on leave amid a grand jury investigation that found a "rampant culture of corruption". 

The 18-person grand jury called for the Hanceville police department, which only has eight officers, to be abolished. 

A probe into that police department came amid the death of 49-year-old Christopher Michael Willingham, a Hanceville dispatcher. Willingham was discovered dead at work from a toxic combination of drugs...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/22/trump-administration-shuts-down-national-police-misconduct-database