Joe Biden: “prevention works. Giving kids an option works. It works in my State of Delaware, and it works nationwide. The people who…”

“prevention works. Giving kids an option works. It works in my State of Delaware, and it works nationwide. The people who recognize it most are the law enforcement community. Let me give you a quote from William Bratton, former New York and now Boston Police Commissioner. Boston has had a phenomenal--phenomenal-- success in controlling murder rates, handguns with youth, and violent crime. Here is what he said: Those of us who have been on the front lines know that, in the long run, winning the war on crime also will require cutting the enemy's key supply line: its ability to turn kids into criminals. Each day gangs and drug dealers assiduously recruit our children for their army. To fight back, we have to utilize other powerful crimefighting weapons--the proven ``right-start'' programs and strategies that give kids the armor of values, skills, and positive experiences to ward off crime and violence. This is one of the toughest cops in the Nation. He is saying the way we keep this from happening is to go out there and engage in prevention activities.”