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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
I will say this: While the FBI stats may show that the overall statistics on violent crime may have gone down, violent crime committed against us, law enforcement officers, increased over 41 percent last year and is increasing beyond that this year with over 50 fatalities, 24 of which law enforcement officers were killed by gunfire.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul highlights the rising violence against law enforcement despite overall crime statistics.

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