This concurrent resolution expresses support and respect for America's law enforcement professionals. It states that more than 840,000 officers risk their lives to protect communities, honors officers who died or were injured in the line of duty, and lists facts cited by sponsors about crime trends, officer deaths and assaults, and mental health risks for officers. The resolution credits officers with helping reduce violent crime, cites FBI figures of a 4.5 percent decrease in violent crime and a 14.9 percent decline in homicides in 2024, and notes preliminary 2025 data showing an 18–20 percent drop in homicides. It also notes over 24,000 names on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, that nearly 86,000 officers were assaulted in 2024, that 1,744 officers were shot in the line of duty in the past five years (265 of whom died), and that nearly 2,600 officers died in the line of duty in the past decade. The resolution says officers face many traumatic events and a higher suicide rate than other workers. It calls for increased measures to improve officer safety, such as more personnel, better training and equipment, tougher penalties for assaulting or killing officers, and more mental health resources.
If adopted by Congress, this resolution would formally record the legislative branch's respect for law enforcement and urge federal, state, and local governments to provide more staffing, training, equipment, tougher penalties for assaults on officers, and increased mental health support. The text describes problems and asks for actions but does not specify particular programs or funding in the resolution itself.
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Supporters say law enforcement officers perform a difficult and dangerous job, have helped reduce crime, and deserve honor and support. The resolution's sponsors point to recent declines in violent crime and homicides, rising officer assaults and shootings, many line-of-duty deaths, and high exposure to traumatic events and suicide risk as reasons to increase staffing, training, equipment, penalties for assaults, and mental health resources.
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