Ninety-six percent of law enforcement assets in this country are at the state and local level,
We're obviously concerned by these results, ... but, thank God, we're finding this out now rather than later, because this is a critical issue for officer safety, and the adverse effects could be horrible otherwise.
We expected the Justice Department to find some level of deficiency in these vests, but this level is startling.
That organization is on some days almost dysfunctional, ... I think Julie may be just the person to pull people and functions together to get them working right for a change.
Infectious disease is a very significant officer-safety issue. We constantly stress the need for caution, whether we are talking about CPR or needle sticks just from searching somebody during an arrest.