[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WE NEED MORE COPS ON THE BEAT

  (Mr. OLVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I was able to call mayors and 
police chiefs of over 40 small communities in my district. I told them 
they would be getting a grant to hire a cop because of last year's 
crime bill, the Anti-Crime Act of 1994. Some will get two, and one will 
get even three.
  Chief MacDonald, in Townsend, said it would help him and his small 
town. And in Williamstown, at the other end of my district, Chief 
Kennedy said he would assign a cop where kids gather and make trouble.
  Mr. Speaker, we agreed, Democrats and Republicans, on one thing 
during last year's crime bill debate: We need more cops on the beat.
  So why does the Republican contract cut funds for new police? That is 
right, the block grant shell game in the Republican contract would cut 
funds for community policing.
  That means less money to help us feel more safe in our neighborhoods, 
and it kills the chances for small town police chiefs to get the cops 
that they need.
  This is not smart, this is not savings.
  Wake up, America, ``Don't fall for the shell game.''

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