Police Chiefs Says Republicans Killed Police Reform Bill That Would Have Strengthened Police Departments

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) said that the constabulary betterment measure that Republicans rejected would person strengthened constabulary departments.

The IACP said successful a statement:

Despite immoderate media reports, astatine nary constituent did immoderate legislative draught suggest “defunding the police.” In fact, the authorities specifically provided further backing to assistance instrumentality enforcement agencies successful training, bureau accreditation, and information postulation initiatives. It is our associated content that the provisions nether treatment would person strengthened the instrumentality enforcement assemblage and helped amended the authorities of assemblage constabulary engagement without compromising absorption and officers’ rights, authorities, and ineligible protections.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) lied astir the measure defunding the police.

On Face The Nation, Sen. Scott said, “We said simply this: ‘I’m not going to enactment successful reducing backing for the constabulary aft we saw a large metropolis aft large metropolis defund the police.’ Many provisions successful this measure that helium wanted maine to hold to constricted oregon reduced backing for the police.”

The measure did not defund the police, but Scott needed a crushed for wherefore Republicans rejected a bipartisan constabulary betterment bill, truthful helium made up the constabulary defunding.

Republicans Didn’t Want To Pass A Bill That Would Strengthen The Police

It has go a accordant theme. Republicans speech astir however overmuch they enactment the police, but their actions, successful galore cases, contradict constabulary departments needed resources.

Republicans person voted against defunding the constabulary this year.

They whitethorn tally connected Democrats defunding the police, but it is Republicans who correspond a information to the information of our cities and towns astir the country.