Janet Reno Quotes

Cops on the beat can stop problems before the damage spreads.

Fighting crime is not cheap, because it requires boots on the ground.

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?'

Putting cops on streets is the most effective way to combat crime.

The police need to come down to street level.

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

In New York City we have the biggest police force in the country. We have 35,000 uniformed officers. We're able to mass officers in significant numbers if we had to.

Local people do want to see more police on the streets.

Having a police presence on public transport is vital to ensuring customers are safe.

More cops on our streets and in our neighborhoods mean safer streets and neighborhoods.

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed.

Lives are saved when those potential killers are confronted by a police officer, a strong police presence and actual, honest-to-goodness, up-close 'What are you guys doing on this corner at 1 o'clock in the morning' policing. We need to be careful it doesn't drift away from us in the age of viral videos, or there will be profound consequences.

Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime.

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety.

Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.

It is time to put more cops on the beat and remove our most violent repeat offenders from our neighborhood streets.

Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously.

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

Without a beat officer system, there can be no crime prevention or supportive investigation. This is the very foundation of sound policing. It is the beat officer who connects with the common man on a daily basis and is the five senses of his area.

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts.

True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

I don't think the public want to see loads and loads of firearms officers everywhere, what they do want to know is that we are able to respond well and prevent things and we will protect them properly.

When crime was spiking in our communities, Dad wrote the crime bill that put 100,000 cops on the streets and led to an eight-year drop in crime across the country.

Obviously, we have to do a far better job on keeping our community safe, and that's where I'm going to put a significant amount of input.

Fundamentally, we need to make sure that our neighborhoods are safe - all of our neighborhoods.