Guess who stands alone once again. Yesterday, not even Police officers, law enforcement technology and prosecutors were worthy of support from Mr 12-1 Scott Garrett. Here's the roll call:
Democrats are in blue, and Republicans are in red.
Here's more about what Garrett opposed this time:
the House passed the COPS Improvements Act, H.R. 1139, which reinvigorates the highly successful COPS program. It calls for putting 50,000 additional police officers on the street over the next 5 years authorizing $1.25 billion a year for COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) hiring grants. It also authorizes $350 million a year for COPS technology grants, and $200 million a year for hiring community prosecutors. Created in 1994 under the Clinton Administration, the COPS hiring grants program was an enormously successful, popular program helping local law enforcement agencies to hire more than 117,000 additional police officers, in every state in the union, from 1995 to 2005. Under the COPS program, our nation experienced a significant drop in crime rates and independent studies confirm that COPS hiring grants helped contribute to this reduced crime.
The Congressman can't even bring himself to support anything like law enforcement. Of course he'll talk tough on terror, but then doesn't provide the resources to ensure we can be protected. Congressman Pascrell on the other hand spoke in favor of the legislation during the debate on the House floor:The legislation passed overwhelmingly 342-78. I hope everyone makes sure law enforcement knows just how Scott Garrett feels about what they're worth.
