Police-Citizen Relations Quotes

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

We have to get to a place in the city where our young officers understand that respectful, constitutional engagement with the community is their most powerful tool.

The police belongs to the people and the people belong to the police.

A lack of communication between citizens and policemen is real stuff.

The most credible police shows I've ever seen were 'Barney Miller' on TV and 'The French Connection' movie. They showed the tedious side of police work.

Not every officer is a bad police. I work with police officers. I know first responders.

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

Here in Washington State, I've supported efforts to provide our law enforcement with the proper training and resources required to meet their changing and demanding needs of their job. In doing so, I feel that the community and the law enforcement relationship will gratefully benefit from a renewed sense of responsibility and accountability.

What I have seen in my travels across this country is the dedication, the commitment, and the resolve of our brave men and women in law enforcement to improving policing, to embracing the 21st Century Task Force recommendations, and to continuing to have a dialogue that makes our country safer for all.

It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to build friendships and relationships, which are integral to fighting crime. This takes time, effort, and patience on the part of police officers.

Fighting crime requires a partnership between the police and the community. And we all know that this partnership has been tested in Chicago. It is a problem that has festered in this city for decades.

New Yorkers must be able to trust the men and women of the NYPD. They must come forward to report crimes. And they must come forward as witnesses.

We can only have true public safety with public trust.

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

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.

Any law enforcement authority can only be of value if the people support the law enforcement authority.

People see police officers and think they're such bad people. We have some who can be some bad people. But we have some great ones out there, that are here to protect us.

I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men.

If you think about the average person and their interaction with law enforcement, their whole perspective on who we are and what we stand for - our brand, if you will - might be defined by just one interaction or encounter, a traffic stop, a visit to a school, or a response to a call for help.