Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act

This bill limits how federal officers and military members can act during protests and other large gatherings. It would require them to show clear ID at all times, including their agency and last name or a unique number (and rank for military), and it forbids covering up that ID. It also bans using unmarked vehicles to grab or arrest people during these operations.

Their crowd-control authority would be limited to federal property and the sidewalks or streets right next to it, unless a governor and a local leader both send a written request for help, or the Insurrection Act is invoked. Arrests made while breaking these rules would be unlawful. Agencies must also post a public notice within 24 hours of any deployment, listing when and where personnel were sent, how many, what the mission is, where detained civilians are held and by whom, and any written request for help.

Key points

• Who is affected: Federal law enforcement officers, members of the armed forces on domestic missions, protesters, and local communities.
• What changes: Visible ID required; no covering ID; no unmarked-vehicle arrests; limits where feds can operate; arrests violating these rules are unlawful; 24-hour public notice after deployment.
• When: The public notice must be posted within 24 hours after deployment.