(From Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO)Today (Tuesday) U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will introduce the David Dorn Back the Blue Act to raise police officer salaries and increase officer hiring and retention. Senator Hawley’s bill would amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize $15 billion for the U.S. Attorney General to fund more officer hiring and salary increases for state and local law enforcement.
Senator Hawley said, "Police departments across the country are under siege—underfunded, facing increased retirements, and struggling to make new hires.
"But as violence and rioting sweeps across American cities big and small, our courageous law enforcement officers are more vital now than ever. Democratic politicians are bending to radical activists who want to defund the police.
"We should do just the opposite. Our officers deserve a raise, not defunding. They deserve our unqualified support. And this bill would give it to them."
Senator Hawley’s bill would allow recipients to use federal funds to increase the number of officers on their forces and raise the salaries of officers up to 110 percent of the local median earnings, and would exclude cities that defund their police.
David Dorn, a retired St. Louis Police captain, was killed on June 2, 2020, while protecting a friend’s store during a violent night of rioting in the city of St. Louis. He served for 38 years with the St. Louis Police Department.
Senator Hawley’s bill would allow recipients to use federal funds to increase the number of officers on their forces and raise the salaries of officers up to 110 percent of the local median earnings, and would exclude cities that defund their police.
David Dorn, a retired St. Louis Police captain, was killed on June 2, 2020, while protecting a friend’s store during a violent night of rioting in the city of St. Louis. He served for 38 years with the St. Louis Police Department.
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All well and good, but why didn't your party fund special funding for front line workers in the Covid-19 crisis that was to end about a week after it started, but has now claimed about 190,000 American lives and many more around the globe. Wait, maybe instead of trying to end social security, affordable healthcare and raising the minimum wage tac that onto the bill for the police. How about not hiring so many burned out military as policemen and therefore help contain the violence on both sides.
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