Quotes About Community

I try to bridge the gap between police and local communities.

We shouldn't need riot police at schools.

Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed.

I know what it means to be stopped by police. I've been stopped by police a lot.

Cops should not be separate from the black community or any community. Their salaries are paid for by the communities they police. They should be working for the communities they police. But as we saw in Ferguson, Missouri, they are not always doing that.

We have seen communities cry out in pain, generation after generation, because of racism and police brutality.

Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.

I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

The police belongs to the people and the people belong to the police.

The police feel that most of the public are against them and that there is a lot of bad feeling.

In my neighborhood... they view the police as someone who comes to take their loved ones away.

I know there are some good American police. But I grew up in a country where we were afraid of the police.

I love the police, contrary to many people.

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

I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

I don't know if it's true or not that folks are less likely to tell police when they see things.

I myself have been scrutinized by militarized police, but I know officers who actually handle themselves in a certain way that makes me feel safe.

The police officer's job is to respect the citizens that they are in control of.

The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.

There is no police brutality.

When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.

If the Los Angeles Police Department had enough officers, it could focus on one part of the community and stay there long enough to know and respect the people the officers are called on to protect and serve.

Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.

I can remember being young and being outside and watch guys go through what they go through with the police, and old ladies come outside their house and be like, 'Oh, Lord, they're hitting him,' or whatever is happening. You see it right in front of your face.