and local law enforcement; Direct the attorney general to
develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who
engage in crimes against law enforcement officers; Pursue
appropriate legislation, consistent with the US Constitution’s
regime of limited and enumerated federal powers, that will
define new federal crimes and increase penalties for existing
federal crimes in order to prevent violence against federal, state,
tribal and local law enforcement officers.
Not coincidentally, these policies were included in
suggestions NAPO made to the president’s transition team
and bestowed an affirmation of his pre-election pledge to
bring back law and order and to bring back respect to law
enforcement. From that moment on, law enforcement realized
that their Commander in Chief did not need to set his hair on
fire to defend them.
“At that moment, we realized he was not just talking the talk,”
praised Johnson, who attended both the signing of that first
executive order in 2017 and the most recent one in June 2020.
“And he continues to do that today. He recognizes officers have
a right to defend themselves, and that when use of force is
justified, it’s justified.”
And that has only brought Trump closer to the police.
“He might be unpopular for having to do that,” Johnson added.
“But he is catching the same grief as officers do, and a lot of
cops respect him for that.”
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