State and local law enforcement are the primary protectors of the health, safety, and welfare of the people in the individual states.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The first responsibility of the state is to guarantee the safety of the people.
The state knows best how to protect resources.
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.
We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to keep our streets and neighborhoods secure.
Historically, there is a presumption that the legitimate police powers of the states are not to be pre-empted by federal law unless Congress has made that purpose clear.
The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.
Security is still the most important issue facing Washington state residents and millions of Americans - the security of having a job, of access to affordable health care, of a quality education, and of protecting our homeland and defending our nation.
As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold.
Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer.
The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.