“Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.” LooksActionPastLawIndividualNationsSoundCommunityNeededResourcesPoliceInnocentDepartmentCrucialDiscourseLaw EnforcementEnforcementRacial ProfilingPolice Department Author:Benjamin Jealous
“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.” KindCrimeDeserveCriminalsLaw EnforcementEnforcementCriminal LawCrime And CriminalsCriminals Crime Book:The Pursuit of Justice Source: The Pursuit of Justice
“Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on budgetary issues, but legislatures rarely if ever pass new laws to hold police more accountable, to restrict their powers, or to make them more transparent. In short, police today embody all of the threats the Founders feared were posed by standing armies, plus a few additional ones they couldn't have anticipated.” IfsWantMayTodayLawInterestClassIssuesPoliticianStandingArmyPoliceThreatCome UpPlusOfficersProtectedFoundersLaw EnforcementEnforcementTransparentLegislaturePolice Officer Author:Radley Balko
“You've got a huge American population, you've got a small, small, small subset that is radicalized, and you have an even smaller subset that actually takes action. And you can't cover everyone who has some contact, someone bad. What you need is offense overseas, defense at home with intelligence and law enforcement, and really deep engagement with these communities.” NeedsHomeActionLawCommunityHugePopulationDefenseContactEngagementOffenseLaw EnforcementEnforcementReally Deep Author:Michael Leiter
“We run everything to ground. If you see something, say something. Report your concerns to law enforcement. They will be looked at, they will be reviewed.” IfsRunningLawConcernReportsLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Barack Obama
“We've evolved a lot since 9/11 also, in terms of our law enforcement capabilities, our intelligence capabilities, military, counterterrorism.” LawTermMilitaryCapabilityLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Barack Obama
“A lot of Democrats ask and a lot of people ask, "Why is it necessary for people in this country, who are not in law enforcement, to have assault weapons?"” PeopleCountryLawAsksWeaponsDemocratAssaultLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsAssault Weapons Author:Chuck Todd
“If you see something, say something. This is more than a slogan. If you see someone turning toward violence, say something. Say something to law enforcement or to one of you in your community.” IfsLawCommunityViolenceLaw EnforcementEnforcementSlogans Author:Audie Cornish
“The perspective that law enforcement is presenting seems to be a very narrow one that's focused very, very heavily on investigations of past crimes rather than on preventing future crimes. It's very important for policymakers to take that broader view because they're the ones who are trusted to look at the big picture.” LooksImportantBigsSeemsPastLawViewsCrimePerspectiveFocusedInvestigationTrustedLaw EnforcementEnforcementPresentingPreventingBig Picture Author:Matt Blaze
“While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part of the Nation's fundamental law in 1791, what the Framers understood then remains true today - that the task of combating crime and convicting the guilty will in every era seem of such critical and pressing concern that we may be lured by the temptations of expediency into forsaking our commitment to protecting individual liberty and privacy.” MaySeemsTodayLawIndividualNationsLibertyCrimeChangedUnderstoodCommitmentConcernTasksFundamentalsRemainsCriticalTemptationGuiltyErasPrivacyAmendmentsFourthLaw EnforcementEnforcementMachineryIndividual LibertyExpediencyFramersFourth Amendment Author:William J. Brennan
“I've played lots of law enforcement agents, and I do have friends that are in the bureau, in the DEA, and who are detectives and captains.” LawAgentsCaptainsLaw EnforcementEnforcementDetectives Author:Malik Yoba
“...while a sane world would not employ 5-foot-tall grandmothers as law enforcement officers, a sane world would also not give full body-cavity searches to 5-foot-tall grandmothers at airports.” WorldGivingBodyLawFeetGrandmotherTallOfficersSaneLaw EnforcementEnforcementAirports Author:Ann Coulter
“When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with no threat of sanction or penalty.” Has BeensLawIndividualThreatReleaseImmigrantsIllegalOfficersPenaltiesLaw EnforcementEnforcementSanctionsIllegal Immigrants Author:Bobby Jindal
“I spent seven years of my life in the immediate aftermath of September 11th doing this work, working with the Patriot Act, working with our law enforcement, working with the surveillance community to make sure that we keep America safe.” YearsAmericaLawCommunitySafeSevenSeptemberPatriotLaw EnforcementEnforcementSeven YearsSurveillanceSeptember 11AftermathSeptember 11thPatriot Act Author:Chris Christie
“What we need to do, is restore those tools that have been taken away by the president [Barack Obama] and others, restore those tools to the NSA and to our entire surveillance and law enforcement community.” NeedsHas BeensLawPresidentCommunityTakenToolsBarackLaw EnforcementEnforcementSurveillancePresident Barack ObamaNsa Author:Chris Christie
“Coalition [against ISIS] need the tools. And the tools involve encryption where we cannot hear what they're even planning. And when we see red flags, a father, a mother, a neighbor who says we have got a problem here, then we have to give law enforcement the ability to listen so they can disrupt these terrorist attacks before they occur.” NeedsGivingProblemLawMotherFatherAbilityRedToolsNeighborTerroristPlanningFlagsLaw EnforcementEnforcementIsisCoalitionsTerrorist AttacksEncryptionRed Flags Author:John Kasich
“The USA Freedom Act expands that so now we have cell phones, now we have Internet phones, now we have the phones that terrorists are likely to use and the focus of law enforcement is on targeting the bad guys.” UseLawGuyFocusInternetPhonesTerroristCellsUsaLaw EnforcementEnforcementBad GuysCell PhoneUsa Freedom Author:Ted Cruz
“If a regular law enforcement agency wants your phone records, all they have to do is issue a subpoena. But now the intelligence agency is not able to quickly gather records and look at them to see who these terrorists are calling.” IfsWantLooksAbleLawIssuesRecordsCallingPhonesTerroristAgencyLaw EnforcementEnforcementIntelligence AgenciesSubpoenas Author:Marco Rubio
“New Jersey was threatened like no other region in this country and what we did was we took action within the constitution to make sure that law enforcement had all the information they needed.” CountryActionLawInformationNeededConstitutionRegionsThreatenedLaw EnforcementEnforcementJerseyNew Jersey Author:Chris Christie
“It is a serious undertaking and yes, we do need more fencing and we do need to use technology, and we do need more border control. And we need to have better cooperation by the way with local law enforcement. There are 800,000 cops on the beat, they ought to be trained to be the eyes and ears for law enforcement for the threat against terror as well as for immigration.” WayNeedsWellsUseEyeLawTechnologySeriousOughtBeatsEarsThreatTerrorImmigrationLocalsBordersCooperationCopLaw EnforcementEnforcementUndertakingsFencingBorder Control Author:Jeb Bush
“I've been involved with law enforcement for some time. My father was in law enforcement. I went through the training for Homeland Security. I enjoy it very much.” LawFatherEnjoySecurityInvolvedTrainingLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsHomelandHomeland Security Author:Lou Ferrigno
“We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City.” LawCitiesLakesOfficersAfghanistanFewerSaltTroopsOlympicsLaw EnforcementEnforcementSalt Lake CityTroops In Afghanistan Author:Hillary Clinton
“Because what a temporary worker program would do is help relieve pressure on the border. It will allow our law enforcement officials and Border Patrol agents to focus on those who are coming here for the wrong reasons, the criminals and the drug dealers and the terrorists.” ReasonHelpingLawFocusDrugProgramPressureWorkersCriminalsTerroristAgentsBordersOfficialsTemporaryLaw EnforcementEnforcementDealerWrong ReasonsDrug DealersBorder Patrol Author:Scott McClellan
“Your decision to place your law enforcement resources in these communities is racism, but nobody has called people out on this. The law itself is not racist. But people's decision about where we're going to place our efforts, who we're going to prosecute, who we're not going to prosecute, is racism. And nobody's calling them on it.” PeopleLawCommunityDecisionEffortCallingRacismResourcesRacistLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Carl Hart
“Law enforcement does counter political extremism here in the United States in the exact same way that they do political extremists who are infiltrated into the United States, who may come from a religious motivation, as we saw overseas in Europe. But the same methodologies have to be used.” WayMayDoeStatesLawPoliticalUsedMotivationReligiousUnitedUnited StatesSawsEuropeLaw EnforcementEnforcementExtremismExtremistMethodologyPolitical Extremism Author:Malcolm Wrightson Nance
“I think that one of the other lessons about what happened here is that open carry laws, even though many police, sheriff departments in Colorado support them, make it much harder for law enforcement to do their jobs.” ThinkingJobsLawSupportHappenedLessonsHarderPoliceDepartmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementColoradoSheriffs Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl
“I’ve consequently played a lot of different cops from a lot of different kind of law enforcement agencies.” DifferentLawAgencyCopLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Well, when people talk about interrogating terrorists, they're acting like this is some sort of law enforcement function. Law enforcement is about gathering evidence to take someone to trial, and convict them. Anti-terrorism is about finding out information to prevent a future attack so the same tactics do not apply.” PeopleWellsLawActingInformationFindingsEvidenceFunctionTerrorismTerroristTrialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementGatheringTacticsConvictsAnti Terrorism Author:Marco Rubio
“This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime.” IfsRealCountryWould BeLawCrimeResourcesProtectionMarijuanaLaw EnforcementEnforcementBetter PlacePlaces To Live Author:Gary Johnson
“To be a woman in law enforcement on television, I think, is sort of important. It's a powerful position for a woman to be in, but also to be looking at these new technologies, exploring these new technologies.” ThinkingImportantLawPowerfulTechnologyPositionTelevisionExploringLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsNew Technology Author:Patricia Arquette
“Young people - there's been very little places in positions of authority in law enforcement for young people's skill sets, but the truth is we need them.” PeopleNeedsLittlesLawYoungPositionTruth IsSkillsAuthorityLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-laws Author:Patricia Arquette
“I was touching on the idea of the autonomous militaristic or autonomous law enforcement idea, but it wasn't the primary driving force.” IdeasLawForceDrivingPrimariesTouchingLaw EnforcementEnforcementAutonomousDriving Force Author:Neill Blomkamp
“What I do believe happens in a lot of these cases is that we somehow want to place blame on the victim for their behavior or that they brought it upon themself. As law enforcement official, you are held to a higher standard. You are expected to execute your job in that regard.” WantBelieveHappensJobsLawCasesHigherBehaviorStandardsRegardVictimBlameExpectedOfficialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementHigher Standards Author:Sharon Cooper
“So end-to-end encryption, keeps things encrypted and that means that law enforcement, without a warrant, cannot read that information.” MeanEndsLawInformationLaw EnforcementEnforcementWarrantsEncryption Author:Rod Beckstrom
“We're not all on the same page here. So most of us in the technology community are opposed to what we call backdoors that would allow law enforcement to tap in.” LawCommunityTechnologyPagesLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Rod Beckstrom
“You know, yes, you can always argue that a backdoor can be built that's more secure, you know, and more difficult to get to and only law enforcement's going to get there. But nobody in the field of security believes that's ultimately going to provide this same protection that a tight end-to-end solution has without a backdoor.” KnowsBelieveEndsLawDifficultSecurityFieldsSolutionsBuiltProtectionArguingSecureLaw EnforcementEnforcementYes You CanBackdoor Author:Rod Beckstrom
“We are increasingly blind for terrorism purposes and for general law enforcement purposes with the new devices and the continuing effort to make them even more secure against even court orders authorising law enforcement to have access.” LawPurposeOrderEffortBlindCourtTerrorismAccessSecureDevicesContinuingLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:William Bratton
“We don't have storm troopers that just knock on the door of every American citizen. We don't do that for any crime. But when we have evidence that a particular person has committed a crime, we send law enforcement to apprehend them.” PersonsLawDoorsCrimeParticularCitizensEvidenceCommittedStormLaw EnforcementEnforcementAmerican Citizens Author:Ted Cruz
“If we have a biometric exit-entry system, we know on the day after six months has exceeded his visa.And with that exit- entry system, we can then send ICE, the law enforcement agents that exist, to go and get John and say, OK, you're here illegally now.” IfsKnowsLawMonthsSixIceAgentsLaw EnforcementEnforcementSix MonthsExitEntryVisaBiometrics Author:Ted Cruz
“Well, there are certain pockets of improvement. The one that I think is most important is that state and local law enforcement levels have started to do a lot more educative efforts within their organizations to understand the kind of threat we're facing. They've given up on the federal level.” ThinkingWellsKindImportantStatesLawCertainGivenLevelsEffortOrganizationThreatImprovementLocalsPocketsLaw EnforcementEnforcementGiven Up Author:Michael Scheuer
“The FBI continues to be a broken, anachronistic organization, but state and local law enforcement officials are much more attuned to the kind of threat we're facing. I think that's very hopeful, but it's a long-term process.” ThinkingKindLongStatesLawProcessTermBrokenOrganizationThreatLocalsLong TermOfficialsHopefulLaw EnforcementEnforcementFbi Author:Michael Scheuer
“I think the world is more perilous and America is basically undefended. For me the two touchstones after 9/11 for domestic security were our borders. Not for discriminatory reasons or to stop immigration, but simply to allow law enforcement to find out who is in our country without facing an undocumented pool of aliens that increases by the hour.” ThinkingWorldTwoCountryReasonAmericaLawHoursSecurityIncreaseImmigrationOur CountryAliensBordersPoolLaw EnforcementEnforcementTouchstones Author:Michael Scheuer
“Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac.” LawTurnsAbilityCamerasLaw EnforcementEnforcementTurn-onMacs Author:Tim Cook
“I heard a statistic, and this one blew my mind, that 1 out of every 4 men in the church are involved in pornography. And yet, when was the last time you heard a pastor talk about pornography? ... Talk to people in law enforcement, and they will tell you that the great majority of sexual assaults were perpetrated by people that were looking at pornography and they wanted to make a reality what they were seeing in the pornography.” PeopleMenMindRealityWantedLastsLawChurchSeeingHeardInvolvedMajorityLast TimePastorAssaultLaw EnforcementEnforcementPornographyIn-lawsSexual Assault Author:Rafael Cruz
“There are still many questions about how law enforcement responded to the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.To get some answers, media organizations, including NPR, have asked for tapes of the 911 calls and other recordings. So far, authorities have not released that audio, only edited transcripts. Doing more, they say, would re-victimize the survivors.” StillsLawAnswersMediaAuthorityOrganizationIncludingShootingSurvivorTapeLaw EnforcementEnforcementPulseEditedNightclubsAudioOrlandoNpr Author:Audie Cornish
“Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.” BelieveStatesEnoughAmericaLawFightingInterestPracticeTrumpRepublicanConsequenceIllTerrorismCoreIslamicLaw EnforcementEnforcementInterventionLibyaNational InterestsIslamic StateIslamic Terrorism Author:Tom Cotton
“We cannot make the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the United States someone who has risked America's secrets and lied about this to Congress and the American people about it day after day after day.” PeopleStatesAmericaLawUnitedSecretUnited StatesCongressChiefsOfficersLaw EnforcementEnforcementLied Author:Chris Christie
“We are having to pull money into site-level protection for elephants just to keep them alive. But there isn't enough money to go around. The people involved in protecting those elephants, like rangers on the ground, are so under-resourced. They have very few vehicles, they have very poor weapons (if any weapons at all), and they are treated as the bottom of the tree when it comes to law enforcement priority.” PeopleIfsEnoughLawPoorLevelsAliveTreeInvolvedWeaponsBottomProtectionPrioritiesTreatedVehicleSiteElephantsLaw EnforcementEnforcementRangers Author:Allen Crawford
“I think it's very important to remember that so much of the work that gets done between countries is not done at the level of presidents, but is done within various agencies, whether it's law enforcement or economic ministries. And when they establish relationships and systems of communications and shared projects and shared visions, those structures continue even after any particular president is gone. It builds trust and understanding between countries that are critically important.” ThinkingImportantCountryDoneRememberLawUnderstandingPresidentLevelsVisionGoneEconomicParticularCommunicationProjectsStructureVariousAgencyMinistryLaw EnforcementEnforcementShared Vision Author:Barack Obama
“This killer [in Orlando] was interviewed by the FBI three times and I'm not going to second guess what career law enforcement professionals do everyday to defend our nation. But we need to look carefully at this. Should we have a broader database? You know, someone comes to the attention of FBI not once but three times, does that suggest that local law enforcement needs to know.” KnowsNeedsShouldLooksDoeLawThreeNationsAttentionCareersEverydayLocalsKillersLaw EnforcementEnforcementThree TimesFbiDatabasesOrlando Author:Hillary Clinton