When elected to represent CD39 I will introduce bills to increase the starting pay for police officers. NYC pays less than nearby areas. Our police deserve better. My bill will also increase the size of our police force.
Defunding and cutting the size of the police force puts our most vulnurable populations at greatest risk. Crime goes up and people get hurt or killed.
Democrats would like you to believe if we have less police we will have less crime. The statistics might appear to go down, but that is simply because more crimes go unreported.
It is time we make a uturn, properly fund our police department and get our force size back up to pre-defund levels or higher.
It is also time that starting police officers have a living wage. They put their lives on the line for us. Their lives are worth no less than ours.
I will also introduce a bill that will take the cuffs off our police and allow them to be placed where they belong, on the criminals.
I will introduce legislation to repeal the so called "sanctuary city" status. This will allow our police to hand over dangerous illegal aliens to the Federal Imigration Authorities.
Our Democrat/Communist controlled city council has legislated odious red tape on our police that makes it harder to do their jobs. Things like encounter reports need to be eliminated. If I ask a police officer for directions there is no reason he should have to fill out a report, but that is the legacy our city council has left us. Every hour an officer is writing meaningless reports is an hour he is not on the street!