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Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.

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.

I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.

You cannot police a community without effectively working with the community.

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

Surveillance technologies now available - including the monitoring of virtually all digital information - have advanced to the point where much of the essential apparatus of a police state is already in place.

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed police officers become strangely commonplace after awhile.