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McCain & Obama Support New National Crime Commission

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2">Source: Crime & Justice News</font></p> <p><font size="2">"</font><font size="2">Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack </font></p> <p><font size="2">Obama both support the International Association of </font></p> <p><font size="2">Chiefs of Police proposal for a new presidental </font></p> <p><font size="2">commission to conduct a 'comprehensive review of </font></p> <p><font size="2">the criminal justice system,' the IACP says. The </font></p> <p><font size="2">organization published the candidates' responses to </font></p> <p><font size="2">questions on their crime policy views in its latest </font></p> <p><font size="2">magazine issue and on its Web site. McCain said a </font></p> <p><font size="2">commission would help ensure that the federal </font></p> <p><font size="2">government 'effectively and aggressively' addresses </font></p> <p><font size="2">law enforcement and homeland security challenges. </font></p> <p><font size="2">Obama said a federal commission would 'investigate </font></p> <p><font size="2">approaches that are successful and help state and </font></p> <p><font size="2">local law enforcement implement' them.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Among other issues, McCain said he backed federal </font></p> <p><font size="2">funding for state and local law enforcement, but </font></p> <p><font size="2">that 'rampant' earmarking by Congress had reduced </font></p> <p><font size="2">aid to 'worthy' localities. He wants aid reserved </font></p> <p><font size="2">for "the most worthy jurisdictions.' Obama called the </font></p> <p><font size="2">Bush White House's proposals to aid local law </font></p> <p><font size="2">enforcement 'anemic' and called it 'an outrage that </font></p> <p><font size="2">the Bush administration has been decimating the </font></p> <p><font size="2">COPS program since it took office, taking police </font></p> <p><font size="2">officers off the streets at the very moment they're </font></p> <p><font size="2">needed most.'"</font></p> <p><font size="2">International Association of Chiefs of Police - <u><font color="#ff0000">http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001bGo2j0VpNeRrVt5LXnIdE4eLhFs3qAdWtS5pcREXFN6Isb7_L2lomoW63mWo_xqsg3nRreP9LBO0OWRW-OZomPoOCDDMWcOmLEMhy_v7UWYjVMl6hSpdILaSDcv77wcikV8Ch5KtKk9jHw0Z3NnOyOQdIITXaNvSs80XOk3Dv5ZCLnIN4GJ3sq3OoqhvGF0H</font></u></font><font size="2"> </font></p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).