“In summation, H.R. 728, your bill right here, you want flexibility. There is not one program in there to guarantee one police officer. Not one police officer. You are going to take away the local control to apply for the Clinton COPS Program. We want cops, we want cops. We do not need politics, we do not need the so-called flexibility. You have the Byrne grants for your local control.”
Criticizing H.R. 728 and its impact on local police funding and control.
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