Janet Reno Quotes

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

I enjoyed being a police officer; I enjoyed the investigations.

I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.

When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting our law-abiding citizens.

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.

Police reform is working, and crime is falling.

Congressman Lacy Clay and I believe that there's no excuse for shooting at police officers, law enforcement officers who get up in the morning and go out and put their lives on the line to protect us.

Building trust between law enforcement officers and the communities we serve is one of my highest priorities as attorney general.

While we must condemn any misuse of their authority, let's not forget that, by far, police are fulfilling their duty to protect and serve.

I get it, cops deal with a lot, but at the same time, we crave justice, and we do want to believe things are going to be all right.

There is nothing just or fair about what happened to Jordan Edwards. And his story is yet another in a long line of tragedies that now powerfully remind us of the long way we still have to go in creating a fair and just relationship between law enforcement, our criminal justice system, and the public our laws are supposed to protect.

Boston's justice system is in serious need of reform. Many of its policies and practices are antiquated, expensive, and don't really even make Boston safer.

Cops today are nothing but an armed tax collector

The police are not entrusted with a mission which differentiates them from those they serve. Being unconcerned with ultimate purposes, they are inseparable from the persons and interests of their masters, and shine with their reflected glory.

No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.

I love cops. I think you have to walk in their shoes to understand, you know when they use violence, Michael Brown in Ferguson, a classic case.

You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach.

Law enforcement in America is a force for good.

We have a right to expect a police force that protects our citizens and behaves in a responsible manner... in the American conscience there is no room for bigotry and racism.

The truth of the matter is that the problem of police shootings and reactions in the community.

I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

Cops, the law's the law. You see somebody break it, you've got to be willing to enforce it. And doing that enhances the confrontational aspect of the whole circumstance. The more the confrontational aspect is ratcheted up the more danger is involved. It's gutsy work.