Eric Holder Quotes

I want to foster a positive relationship between police officers and the communities they protect.

You need better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it's not good.

We have to bring back respect to law enforcement.

We need to rebuild bonds of trust between our police officers and our communities.

I think we're all safer when the police respect the communities they're supposed to serve, and the communities respect the law.

Our neighborhoods are safer when there is trust between communities and the police who are in charge of protecting them.

It's been my desire to support efforts to aim at healing the relationship between law enforcement and the community.

We have to restore trust between communities and the police.

You need better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it's not good.But you look at Dallas, where the relationships were really studied, the relationships were really a beautiful thing, and then five police officers were killed one night very violently.

I'm not blind to the fact that we have to do a better job with our relationships between the community and police.

We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations.

I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and the community.

We need to support our police officers and make sure that community policing becomes something that becomes the standard across the country.

I am in favor of community policing because it builds better working relationships with the communities.

Michael Brown's tragic death has revealed a deep distrust between some in the Ferguson community and its police force. It also developed a need to develop and widely disseminate law enforcement best practices for responding to public demonstrations.

We are safer when communities respect the police and the police respect the communities.

Having the support of our communities is absolutely essential to productive and sustainable crime prevention efforts. While there are law enforcement agencies that have meaningful and transparent relationships with all segments of their communities, it is fair to say that there are other agencies that need to further enhance relationships and build trust within their communities, particularly among disenfranchised segments.

You cannot police a community without effectively working with the community.

Serious debates are taking place about how law enforcement personnel relate to the communities they serve, about the appropriate use of force.

Under Superintendent Johnson's leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.

Building trust between law enforcement officers and the communities we serve is one of my highest priorities as attorney general.

We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer.

We have to get to a place in the city where our young officers understand that respectful, constitutional engagement with the community is their most powerful tool.

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.

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