Theresa May Quotes

Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing.

Chicago is where the whole idea of community policing began. It remains the - the best and the most comprehensive approach we have in changing the everyday conditions that breed crime and violence - and then breed mistrust. We have more work to do. We need better training to live up to the values and the principles of community policing.

Our neighborhoods are safer when there is trust between communities and the police who are in charge of protecting them.

We should not judge law enforcement's success by the number of tickets and arrests, but by the security and comfort the community feels in the public square.

Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals.... Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply treating illness, so the police - and the rest of us - ought to recognize the importance of maintaining, intact, communities without broken windows.

I believe in community policing. And, in fact, violent crime is one-half of what it was in 1991.

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

I am in favor of community policing because it builds better working relationships with the communities.

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.

The police need to come down to street level.

Local people do want to see more police on the streets.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

My 26 years experience as a police officer and official, including command of two police districts, tells me that unfortunately the only short-term response that can counter the on-street violence and offer neighborhoods relief from crime and drugs is aggressive law enforcement.... Cities and states have made police the institution of first response rather than of last resort in addressing this crisis.

We are safer when communities respect the police and the police respect the communities.

Fighting crime requires a partnership between the police and the community. And we all know that this partnership has been tested in Chicago. It is a problem that has festered in this city for decades.

If the Los Angeles Police Department had enough officers, it could focus on one part of the community and stay there long enough to know and respect the people the officers are called on to protect and serve.

We want our children to grow up in a safe community.

I don't know if it's true or not that folks are less likely to tell police when they see things.

New Yorkers must be able to trust the men and women of the NYPD. They must come forward to report crimes. And they must come forward as witnesses.

True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

We need to have law enforcement and the African-American community work together for the safety of everybody.

We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer.

Fundamentally, we need to make sure that our neighborhoods are safe - all of our neighborhoods.

I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.

I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.