Joe Lhota Quotes

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.

Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case of London, petty crime has gone down. They catch terrorists because of it. And if something really bad happens, most of the time you can figure out who did it.

Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed police officers become strangely commonplace after awhile.

Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree.

As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection.

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime.

Why has an administration that talks so much about terrorism and homeland security demonstrated so little competence when it comes to securing the homeland?

The occupant should take all due and needful measures to restore and ensure public order and public safety.

If I do nothing else, I'm going to make this a safe state.

The security and welfare of the people of Egypt have reached a point that the drapers, moneychangers and jewellers do not even lock their shops - they only lower a net across the front, and no one tampers with anything

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

We are much safer in the United States, but not yet safe.

A gun in the hands of a secret service agent protecting our president isn't a bad word.

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

I wish to strengthen the hand of the Prime Minister and the heads of the security agencies in the unrelenting battle for our right to maintain normal daily life in every place in Israel.

Donald Trump has had political success positioning himself as a 'law-and-order' candidate.

Security here in New York City is still very tight. Hookers in Times Square now are demanding two forms of fake ID.

Following the attacks in Paris, French President François Hollande has a completely different set of concerns. France needs more police, more security personnel and a greater emphasis on integration. He says that security is more important than the Stability Pact.

You have a great leader now, you have a great president, you have a tough president. He's not gonna be easy on people that are breaking the laws and people that show this tremendous violence. So I really have a feeling that you're gonna have a very, very peaceful and beautiful Paris.

The NYPD was ubiquitous. They were always around Malcolm X. Whenever Malcolm spoke, there would be one or two dozen cops all over the place.

Ninety percent of our police are fighting terrorists, so we don't have enough oriented towards their key duty, which is enforcement of the law. But these are precisely the inheritance that we want to overcome. Particularly the mark for success for us would be that a woman can not only walk in the streets of every major city, but can go from one province to another without any hindrance.

We need more personnel within our security agencies.