Defenders of government monopolies on police services might suggest more gratitude on my part as I would certainly call the cops if a crime were being committed against me and I would certainly call the fire department if my house were on fire.
We remain committed to building a new VA medical center in downtown New Orleans so we can better serve and care for our veterans. (Applause.) And to help fight crime, we're helping to hire cops and rebuild jails.
Our plan would give law enforcement additional tools to prevent and prosecute gun crime by making gun trafficking a Federal crime with serious penalties, helping communities put 15, 000 cops on the street, and taking other common-sense steps.
In Detroit, as in many other financially strapped cities, leaders are confronted with trade-offs between reducing the number of cops on the payroll or risking the social and economic costs associated with higher crime rates.