Police Trust Quotes

I am certain that my white colleagues, when faced with an emergency situation, wouldn't think twice about calling the police. This, however, may not be the case for their black and Latino students.

In this era of mass incarceration, the police shouldn't be trusted any more than any other witness, perhaps less so.

What makes an officer's job all the more difficult, dangerous, and demanding is that it rests on upholding that sacred trust with citizens that he or she serves. Nevertheless, I ask every officer in Chicago: reflect on your work, your training, your experience and - to be honest - about the fears and frustrations you bring to that job.

Why is it that the same people who have the least confidence in the police and the military are the most willing to allow only the police and the military to have guns?

A lack of communication between citizens and policemen is real stuff.

Our kids' lives depend upon keeping them safe. That has to be a fundamental duty and responsibility for me as mayor. That means we have to continue hard but necessary work of bridging the divide between police and communities they serve.

We have got to do a better job recognizing and correcting the errors in the system that do reflect an institutional bias in criminal justice, but what Donald Trump and I are saying is let's not have the reflex of assuming the worst of men and women in law enforcement.

From education to employment, housing to trust in the police, politicians from all parties must understand the different issues affecting individual communities.

For the most part, cops are decent and honorable, but that's how I know that there are bad cops, cops that you think you know so well.

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.

I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

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

I'm dedicated to healing the wounds between police and minority communities so both sides feel safe again.

There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities.

We need to have a system whereby, when a victim walks into a police station, she can be confident that she will be believed and that every effort will be made find evidence to support her in court.

Never trust police, FBI, or other agents…. there is NO law requiring you to talk to the Police, the F.B.I., or a representative of any other investigative agency.

You need better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it's not good.

The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African- American men, more than the next nine causes put together. So we have to do two things, as I said. We have to restore trust. We have to work with the police. We have to make sure they respect the communities and the communities respect them.

European Muslims need to feel ownership of security, rather than viewing the police as an occupying army.

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

The only people who distrust the cops are crooks. They're not out there just harassing innocent people. Maybe sometimes they do. But there's no inherent situation where cops are deliberately out there harassing people.