A concurrent resolution expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 15 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 15

    Expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2025

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Justice, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
Lee, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
Sheehy, and Mr. Moreno) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
                   which was considered and agreed to

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.

Whereas more than 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United States risk 
        their lives daily to serve and protect their communities;
Whereas the law enforcement officers of the United States perform their 
        difficult and dangerous job honorably and professionally, with the 
        overwhelming majority of Americans having a positive opinion of their 
        interactions with police;
Whereas innovative and dedicated efforts by law enforcement officers 
        successfully brought down crime rates over the past 3 decades from the 
        historic highs experienced in the 1990s;
Whereas there are more than 24,000 names of fallen law enforcement heroes listed 
        on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, dating 
        back to the first death in the line of duty in 1786;
Whereas the environment for officers has become increasingly more hostile and 
        their safety more precarious;
Whereas 2023 saw the highest officer assault rate of the past 10 years, with 
        more than 79,000 law enforcement officers assaulted by criminals;
Where, in the past 3 years, 1,055 officers have been shot and 172 killed in the 
        line of duty;
Whereas more than 2,500 law enforcement officers in the United States have died 
        in the line of duty during the past decade;
Whereas a law enforcement officer will typically encounter between 400 and 600 
        traumatic events during the career of the officer, compared with 3 or 4 
        traumatic events encountered by the average citizen;
Whereas the unusually high number of traumatic events experienced by law 
        enforcement officers has contributed to a 54 percent higher suicide rate 
        among officers than among other workers in the United States;
Whereas the number of full-time State and local officers dropped by 5.3 percent 
        between 2019 and 2021, the equivalent of nearly 37,000 fewer officers, 
        leaving behind a dangerously low level of sworn officers to serve and 
        protect communities throughout the United States; and
Whereas supporting law enforcement officers with the equipment, training, and 
        funding needed to protect communities from criminal violence has long 
        received overwhelming public support across the political spectrum: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) highly respects and values United States law 
        enforcement professionals and greatly appreciates all that 
        those officers do to protect and serve our communities;
            (2) remembers and honors those officers and their families 
        who have experienced a death or injury in the line of duty;
            (3) calls for increased measures to be taken to maximize 
        the safety and well-being of officers, including more policing 
        personnel, improved training and equipment, tough penalties for 
        assaulting or killing a law enforcement professional, and 
        increased mental health resources for officers; and
            (4) calls on all levels of government to ensure that law 
        enforcement professionals receive the support and resources 
        needed to keep the United States safe.
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