Issue Position: Public Safety

Issue Position

Governor Maggie Hassan has made public safety her highest priority since taking office, and she works every day to ensure that the state is prepared for any emergency. She has worked to put more State Troopers on the road, support active shooter training programs, fund drug task force teams, help launch a new effort to address youth violence and help launch "Text-to-9-1-1," a new service to make traditional 911 emergency services available via text messaging. The Governor also signed legislation establishing a specific crime of domestic violence to help law enforcement and prosecutors better identify and stop repeat abusers, strengthened protections for human trafficking victims and provided funding to support child victims of crime through New Hampshire's Child Advocacy Centers.

Governor Hassan is leading bipartisan efforts to stem -- and reverse -- the tide of the heroin and opioid epidemic, focusing on a comprehensive approach that includes supporting law enforcement while strengthening prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. And in the Senate, she will continue working to ensure that public safety professionals have the tools they need to keep New Hampshire's communities safe, including adequate resources to support the state's response to the heroin and opioid epidemic.

The Governor also believes we must act now to prevent mass shootings and daily gun violence from becoming the new normal. She stood with members of law enforcement by vetoing a measure that would have allowed individuals to carry a concealed weapon without even having a license, and she supported efforts to update New Hampshire's background check system with information about individuals who should not be sold firearms due to serious mental illness. In the Senate, she will fight to strengthen the background check system and to close loopholes that allow terrorists, criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to purchase guns.

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