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Crime Increases As Police Morale Decreases

Floor Speech

By: John Rose
By: John Rose
Date: May 17, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address an issue on the minds of many Americans and middle Tennesseans: Rising crime.

Twelve major cities broke homicide records in 2021. The Council on Criminal Justice says murders nationwide went up 5 percent from 2020 and up a whopping 44 percent from 2019. Aggravated assaults are up. Robberies are up.

There has been one decrease under President Biden's watch: a drop in the morale among the men and women in uniform.

In fact, the retirement rate for police departments across the country has jumped by 45 percent since 2019. The blame can be squarely placed on the left's antipolice rhetoric, including calls to defund the police.

When the left chooses to demonize and demoralize the thin blue line, officers' jobs become even tougher, as if they are not already tough enough. However, I remind them that they have our support, and we stand ready to defend and honor them as they protect and serve our communities.

Thank you to all our Nation's police officers.

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