U.S. Attorney General Barr says expects report on police reforms soon, despite court order

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr expressed confidence on Friday that the Trump administration’s law enforcement commission will publish its report on police reform soon, even though a federal judge temporarily blocked the work of the commission earlier this month.

“The final report has been drafted. I think there are many excellent, constructive ideas,” Barr told the Major Cities Chiefs Association in New Orleans in his first public remarks about the commission since its work was halted. “I do expect and hope and believe we will be able to get those out very shortly.” Barr unveiled the policing commission in January following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump.

It had planned to deliver a slate of proposals shortly before the presidential election on Nov. 3. But a lack of diversity on the panel and the secretive process it used to develop its proposed reforms led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund to sue Barr, the commission, and its top officials in April. U.S. District Judge John […]

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