Quotes About Safety

I think the only thing that's really going to make a change in terms of how we feel as citizens in terms of safety and our relationship with the police is if we start seeing more federal indictments, arrests, and convictions of police officers.

I don't understand it and haven't understood in this world of technology: where every building has a camera, every ATM has a camera, why don't we have cameras on police officers?

Congressman Lacy Clay and I believe that there's no excuse for shooting at police officers, law enforcement officers who get up in the morning and go out and put their lives on the line to protect us.

We must hire more social workers and counselors in our schools than police officers.

I've had guns pointed at me by police officers.

Invest more in policing, not less.

Without the U.K. contribution to policing and anti-terrorism, the whole of Europe would be less safe.

There's a perception that police are less likely to do the marginal additional policing that suppresses crime: the getting out of your car at 2 in the morning and saying to a group of guys, 'What are you doing here?'

I'm really looking for an agenda that looks at safety for our communities beyond policing.

I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.

The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.

Had there not been these safety valves of political parties and elections, we may very well have had no way to change except forceful overthrow of government.

Keeping our children safe is not only an area where both political parties can find common ground, but as lawmakers, it is our moral obligation.

My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car.

When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.

All polling places should be safe, without discrimination against any religion.

The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.

When you're at a public pool or in your friend's backyard, knowing that your kids can get in and out of the water and protect themselves can make all the difference in the world. Something as simple as being able to flip over and get to the ladder can save a life. You can start your kids in lessons as early as you want - it's never too soon.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Over the last five years, the Administration and the majority in Congress have appropriated less than $900 million for port security grants - despite the Coast Guard's determination that $5.4 billion is needed over 10 years.

Portland calls itself a 'sanctuary city,' but it's nothing of the sort for a law-abiding journalist.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.