When the government exercises power over a person’s body or liberty, identification and accountability matter.

Across the country, federal law enforcement officers are conducting public-facing enforcement activities while wearing facial coverings that prevent identification.

In some cases, these encounters result in serious injury or death without timely disclosure of who acted, why force was used, or what exactly occurred.

The Federal Accountability and Identification Requirements Act (FAIR Bill responds to this growing public concern by setting clear, reasonable safeguards that protect civilians and law enforcement by ensuring transparency when anonymity and force are used.

This is not about politics. This is about fairness, legitimacy, and public trust.

What the FAIR Bill Does:

• Requires officers who wear facial coverings during public enforcement to display visible identification (such as a badge or identification number)
• Requires active body-worn cameras during public-facing enforcement
• Limits anonymity exceptions to judicially authorized covert operations and unforeseeable emergencies
• Requires a public accountability report within 48 hours when masked enforcement action results in serious bodily harm
• Preserves officer safety while ensuring lawful attribution of state power
• Creates consequences for secrecy and delay because accountability only works when it is timely

What the FAIR Bill Does Not Do:

• Ban masks in legitimate law enforcement operations
• Reveal officers’ personal identities or home addresses
• Interfere with lawful undercover work
• Impair split-second tactical decisions

The FAIR Bill recognizes:

When the government uses force, it must be identifiable and accountable even when officer safety requires anonymity.

Why This Matters

• Liberty and safety require law enforcement
• Law enforcement requires legitimacy
• Legitimacy depends on the ability of the public (and courts) to know who exercised state power, under what authority, and under what circumstances

Our Ask to Congress:

• Reject anonymous public law enforcement without sufficient safeguards
• Affirm that accountability strengthens lawful policing
• Provide transparency measures that protect the public and victims of excessive force
• Ensure training and guidance that promotes life, liberty, and lawful policing

Our Ask to You:

• Review this Draft Version of the FAIR Bill to see how legislation could work in practice
• Sign this petition urging Congress to introduce and pass a Federal Accountability and Identification Requirements Bill (FAIR Bill)

Fair law enforcement protects the public; fair enforcement protects officers; fair enforcement is how trust is earned, and together, we can use our signatures to make America great.