Kiran Bedi Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

The police need to come down to street level.

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

“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.

A cop by themselves on every corner is not going to make that much difference.

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?'

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

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

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

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

I believe in community policing. And, in fact, violent crime is one-half of what it was in 1991.

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 answer to crime is not gun control, it is law enforcement and self-control.

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.

Targets don't fight crime.

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

Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.

We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to keep our streets and neighborhoods secure.

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

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.