Law Enforcement Oversight Quotes

I don't think that any law enforcement got in trouble for the event in Eugene where police sprayed the tree-sitters who were protesting the cutting of the trees for the parking garage.

There are over 100 law enforcement agencies in the Federal government. A few years ago the House had a hearing on this and they couldn’t find all of them.

I intend to introduce legislation that will make police accountable for their actions and limit uses of force in cases where it is unnecessary.

Law enforcement officials cannot place themselves above the law that they are sworn to defend.

Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don't want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.

I've listened to Republicans say over and over again that we should focus on enforcing the laws that we have. The great hypocrisy of that statement is that they are deliberately handcuffing the enforcement agency that oversees current law.

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

There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work. Baltimore is just embarking down this road.

I'll lift up the good work that is happening and hold officers or departments that engage in unconstitutional policing accountable.

No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.

Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on budgetary issues, but legislatures rarely if ever pass new laws to hold police more accountable, to restrict their powers, or to make them more transparent. In short, police today embody all of the threats the Founders feared were posed by standing armies, plus a few additional ones they couldn't have anticipated.