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President Donald Trump criticized erstwhile President Joe Biden's medication connected Monday for allowing "lawlessness to permeate our country" portion announcing Peace Officers Memorial Day and constabulary week.
Trump proclaimed Thursday arsenic Peace Officers Memorial Day, continuing a 63-year contented of honoring fallen officers connected May 15. He besides declared this week arsenic National Police Week, opening this past Sunday and going done Saturday.
"This week and always, we grant the courageous men and women serving successful instrumentality enforcement and memorialize those who sacrificed their lives defending the bladed bluish line," helium wrote successful the proclamation.
In the statesmanlike action, Trump besides called retired the Biden medication for its "reckless, soft-on-crime policies," which helium said made it harder for police officers to bash their jobs.
CELEBRATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation connected Monday declaring May 11 done May 17 arsenic National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day arsenic its emblematic day of May 15. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
"A federation successful chaos ceases to beryllium a citadel of liberty. Tragically, the erstwhile medication allowed lawlessness to permeate our country, making it harder for our instrumentality enforcement officers to bash their jobs," the president wrote successful the order. "Their reckless, soft-on-crime policies emboldened criminals and thugs; wreaked havoc connected the sanctity of our homes, businesses, and nationalist spaces; instilled fear; and jeopardized nationalist trust."
Trump continued by saying helium is fulfilling the promises that helium campaigned connected to marque America harmless again, including taking authorization astatine the borderline and "restoring the regularisation of instrumentality successful communities nationwide."
President Trump said erstwhile President Joe Biden's policies made it hard for constabulary officers to bash their jobs. (JOHN RUDOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
He besides said that nether his administration, each disposable resources volition beryllium utilized to guarantee that officers volition beryllium equipped and trained to beryllium the champion they tin be, qualified officers volition beryllium retained and recruiting volition absorption "on the ground of meritocracy."
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW COPS WE HAVE THEIR BACKS
Trump besides called connected Congress to codify his enforcement bid mandating the decease punishment for those who execution a constabulary serviceman and to walk a measure enhancing protections for constabulary officers.
President Trump called connected Congress to codify his enforcement bid mandating the decease punishment for convicted constabulary killers. (Action News Service)
"I basal successful steadfast solidarity with those who support our freedoms and the families who emotion and enactment them," Trump said. "We commune for those who grieve the fallen and pledge that their lives, legacies, and sacrifices volition everlastingly beryllium remembered by our grateful Nation."
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Governors person been asked to nonstop that the American emblem beryllium flown astatine half-staff connected Thursday, and Trump has called connected each Americans to observe National Police Week with "appropriate ceremonies and activities."
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