Political Quotes

“Mr. President, last week was National Police Week, and last Wednesday was National Peace Officers Memorial Day. On Monday, May 13, 2013, I joined my colleague, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, at a ceremony in St. Louis to honor six brave deputy U.S. marshals who were awarded the Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery. Fewer than two dozen of these badges have been awarded since Congress created them 2 years ago. In fact, these six deputy marshals honored in St. Louis are the first law enforcement officers from either Missouri or Illinois to receive the Congressional Badge of Bravery. Two of the six men are from my State of Illinois. Deputy U.S. Marshal John Brookman Perry lived in Edwardsville; Jeremy Wyatt is from Granite City. On March 8, 2011, they and four other deputy U.S. marshals, Theodore Abegg, Travis Franke, Nicholas Garrett, Supervisory Deputy Marshal Patrick James, joined members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to arrest a dangerous fugitive in south St. Louis. The officers knew there could be trouble that day when they went to serve the arrest warrant. The man they were looking for had a long criminal history and a record that included assaults on law enforcement officers. But they went anyway because that is their job: bringing in the bad guys so that others can feel safer walking down the street. Deputy Perry was team leader for the Federal marshals. Tragically, though, he never made it home.…”