Dick Durbin Quotes

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

My job as Home Secretary is to keep families and communities across our country 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?

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

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.

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

We can't pick out certain incidentals that don't go our way and act like the cops are all bad... Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn't for the cops?

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

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

Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.

I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.

San Francisco needs a Mayor who will make all our neighborhoods safe, a Mayor with a record of standing up for public safety and fighting for the resources we need.

Where are the cops when you need them? (Nick) Probably eating beignets. As the old saying goes, when seconds count, the police are just minutes away. (Caleb)

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

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal.

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.

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

The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack - and we uphold the law in doing so.

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

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.

We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom.