[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60261-60262]
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                Proclamation 10464 of September 30, 2022

                
National Community Policing Week, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Public trust is the foundation of public safety. 
                Without trust in law enforcement, victims do not call 
                for help, witnesses do not step forward, crimes go 
                unsolved, and justice is not served. When police 
                officers build trust with the public, they make our 
                communities safer and our Nation more secure. This is 
                the essence of community policing. This week, we 
                reaffirm that safe, effective, and accountable 
                community policing is the gold standard for law 
                enforcement and recommit to supporting officers with 
                the resources they need to do their jobs successfully 
                and responsibly.

                Police officers swear an oath to protect us from harm, 
                uphold the rule of law, and serve their communities. 
                While this job has always demanded excellence, working 
                in law enforcement today is harder than it has ever 
                been. Officers are expected to be everything all at 
                once--from rescuing citizens from natural disasters, 
                accidents, and crime to serving as counselors to people 
                experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. 
                Law enforcement is noble and dangerous work that 
                requires adequate resources and collaboration from 
                community stakeholders.

                That is why my Administration is helping officers 
                tackle the complex challenges they face on the job each 
                day while building public trust in the process. Through 
                my Administration's American Rescue Plan, we secured 
                historic funding to help States and cities hire 
                officers for safe, accountable, and effective community 
                policing, crime prevention, and intervention. We 
                committed more Federal resources to support State and 
                local law enforcement in 2021 than almost any other 
                year on record. This year, through a bipartisan budget 
                deal, we secured over $511 million for the Department 
                of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services 
                Office. And my Administration has awarded Department of 
                Justice (DOJ) grants to State, local, territorial, and 
                Tribal law enforcement agencies to hire community 
                policing professionals, to develop and test innovative 
                policing strategies, and to provide training on 
                collaborative policing approaches. I have also called 
                for increased support for the DOJ's Project Safe 
                Neighborhoods, which brings together law enforcement 
                officials, prosecutors, community leaders, and other 
                stakeholders to produce local solutions to violent 
                crime.

                Additionally, this year I was proud to sign an 
                Executive Order to help build trust between law 
                enforcement and communities across America and enhance 
                public safety. It calls for a fresh approach to 
                recruiting, training, retaining, and recognizing 
                officers who embody and exemplify the highest standards 
                of the profession. The Executive Order mandates that 
                all Federal agents wear and activate body cameras while 
                on patrol, directs agencies to promote officer 
                wellness, and creates a new national law enforcement 
                accountability database in which all Federal law 
                enforcement agencies must participate. This database 
                will include records of officer misconduct as well as 
                commendations and awards.

                There is still much more we can do. This summer, I 
                outlined my Administration's Safer America Plan--an 
                investment in police who walk the beat, know the 
                neighborhood, and are accountable to those they are 
                sworn to serve and protect. This plan would help State 
                and local police departments

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                recruit, hire, and train 100,000 additional officers 
                for safe, effective, and accountable community policing 
                consistent with the standards in the Executive Order I 
                signed. It would also help States, cities, Tribes, and 
                territories increase mental health and substance use 
                disorder services and crisis responders for non-violent 
                situations to reduce the burden on police officers. 
                This action builds on my Administration's work to help 
                States establish ``Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams'' 
                that provide individuals experiencing a mental health 
                or substance use crisis with rapid access to mental 
                health professionals. My Safer America Plan will also 
                address the root causes of crime and the burden on 
                officers so they can focus on policing by investing $20 
                billion in housing, job training, reentry, youth 
                enrichment, and other stabilizing social services.

                I believe the vast majority of Americans want the same 
                things from law enforcement: trust, safety, and 
                accountability. Effective community policing can lower 
                incidents of violent crime, decrease the occurrences of 
                unjustified uses of force, build trust and community, 
                and help address the long-standing inequities in our 
                criminal justice system, which disproportionately 
                affect people of color and people with disabilities.

                During National Community Policing Week, I call on 
                communities across our Nation to invest in 
                strengthening relationships between officers and the 
                individuals they serve and protect. I also encourage 
                local residents, business owners, and other community 
                stakeholders to collaborate with law enforcement, 
                identify initiatives that will help build mutual trust, 
                and help prevent crime. When Americans work together 
                with common purpose and with mutual trust and respect, 
                we can make this Nation stronger and keep our people 
                safer.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2 
                through October 8, 2022, as National Community Policing 
                Week. I call upon law enforcement agencies, elected 
                officials, and all Americans to observe this week by 
                recognizing ways to improve public safety, build trust, 
                and strengthen community relationships.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
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