# 2025-07790: President Empowers Cops with Pay Raises and Legal Shields Nationwide 2025-07790, Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-05-02, effective 2025-04-28; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07790 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-07790 - Title: Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 18765 - Published: 2025-05-02 - Effective: 2025-04-28 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-04 ## In one line President Empowers Cops with Pay Raises and Legal Shields Nationwide ## Summary This order boosts support for police officers across America by giving them better training, higher pay, and stronger legal protection. It stops local rules that tie officers’ hands and helps them focus on fighting crime, not on unfair policies. Starting now, federal resources will flow to law enforcement to keep communities safe and protect innocent people. ## Effects PRIA read - Federal Legal Indemnity for Officers: benefit, medium. The Attorney General must create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers for expenses and liabilities incurred while performing official duties. This mechanism must include using private-sector pro bono assistance and begins under the authority of the… - Federal Push to Raise Officers' Pay: benefit, medium. Federal departments and agencies are directed to maximize use of Federal resources to increase pay and benefits for State and local law enforcement officers. This is an explicit policy objective of the order issued April 28, 2025. - Expanded Federal Training for Police: benefit, medium. Federal agencies are directed to expand access to and improve the quality of training available to State and local law enforcement as part of maximizing Federal resources. This training expansion is a stated objective of the April 28, 2025 order. - 60-Day Review of Consent Decrees: mixed, medium. Within 60 days of April 28, 2025, the Attorney General must review all ongoing Federal consent decrees, out-of-court agreements, and post-judgment orders involving State or local law enforcement and modify, rescind, or seek to conclude measures that unduly impede law enforcement functions. This cou… - Military Assets to Support Local Police: benefit, medium. Within 90 days of April 28, 2025, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense (in consultation with DHS and others) must increase provision of excess military and national security assets to local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement. The Secretary of Defense must also dete… - Federal Action Against Officials Who Block Policing: benefit, medium. The Attorney General will pursue legal remedies and prioritize prosecution under Federal criminal law against State or local jurisdictions whose officials willfully and unlawfully obstruct criminal law or unlawfully engage in discrimination under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion initia… - Increased Federal Investment in Crime Data: benefit, low. Federal agencies are directed to increase investment in the collection, distribution, and uniformity of crime data across jurisdictions as part of maximizing Federal resources for law enforcement. 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