Sam Farr: “The problem is that this community policing, the problem is this bill just busts all that, all the trust that has been…”

“The problem is that this community policing, the problem is this bill just busts all that, all the trust that has been built. As Congresswoman Lofgren said, the San Francisco deal was a big screwup between law enforcement. But don't penalize all these other cities that are doing a lot of wonderful things to do community policing and lead to confidence in law enforcement, not disconfidence. You are going to create more problems than you ever imagined, like people not wanting to report crimes, not wanting to talk to cops, and you are just using the heavy hand of government to bust good community relations. I just think this is the wrong way to do it. Let's let this thing air out and address the problems that Congresswoman Lofgren talked about and not adopt this bill.”