Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley propose creating a national database of cops with a record of misconduct

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• The National Police Misconduct Database and Transparency in Hiring Act would create a public, searchable repository of police misconduct.
• The bill was announced Friday by US Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, and enjoys the support of Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
• Last year, an investigation by USA Today uncovered no fewer than 32 people "who became police chiefs or sheriffs despite a finding of serious misconduct, usually at another department."
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If a police officer behaves badly in one place, new legislation would let police departments elsewhere — and the US public — know all about it.

"We can't legislate away racism or wave a wand to change culture," US Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, said Friday, "but we can make sure that there are mechanisms in place to hold people accountable for wrongdoing."

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