Carrie P. Meek Quotes

The essence to reducing violent crime in our society is to take these people [criminals] off the street.

We spend an awful lot of money on the criminal justice system that could better be spent at the other end of the spectrum.

I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them…

As long as I am mayor there will be law and order in Chicago.

“I’m going to stop crime in the streets.” A president is pressured to make that promise even though a President can’t do anything about street crime.

Crime is not going to be stopped by police departments. You have to have police departments but alone they cannot stop crime.

Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer.

Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.

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

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.

I will work with local police and appoint the best prosecutors and federal investigators, whose mission will be to ensure every American is safe.

And not go to things that sound good that really did not have the kind of impact that we would want. Who disagrees with keeping neighborhoods safe?

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?

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

Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

Let's talk about policing and public safety. Let's debate what works and what does not. We must abandon practices that do not work, and do more of the things that actually do work to save lives.

'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

To control violence [and other crime] requires a police system of professional investigations and good equipment. We don’t have it.

My 26 years experience as a police officer and official, including command of two police districts, tells me that unfortunately the only short-term response that can counter the on-street violence and offer neighborhoods relief from crime and drugs is aggressive law enforcement.... Cities and states have made police the institution of first response rather than of last resort in addressing this crisis.

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.

Dealing with crime using archaic methods has become impossible. So, it's imperative that we change the ways to counter them.

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

No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities.

So if you want a really effective criminal justice strategy, you don't build bigger prisons, you invest money in young kids - and you accept that it's going to take years to work through, but it's a more effective strategy.