[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             PEACE OFFICERS VS. THE ANARCHY OF THE LAWLESS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, when lawless drug dealers, child 
molesters, wife beaters, robbers, bandits, and other street terrorists 
threaten our communities, peace officers are always the first ones to 
track them down.
  Peace officers are the last strand of wire in the fence against good 
and evil.
  These men and women put themselves in danger every day in order to 
protect us and our families. Some put on the uniform and badge and do 
not return home after their shifts.
  There has been an alarming 75 percent increase in police officer 
deaths since 2008. The year 2011 was the first time more officers died 
at the hands of street thugs than in car crashes. In many instances, 
the killers were repeat offenders who shouldn't have been roaming the 
streets in the first place.
  As we approach Peace Officers Memorial Day in May, we have to support 
those that protect the home front. They are what separate us from the 
outlaws and the anarchy of the lawless.
  And that's just the way it is.

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