What works, we will keep. What doesn't work, we will scrap. That process will soon begin in the police department, where a panel of outside experts will evaluate operations to see how we might save both money and lives. But with drugs and guns overwhelming the system, a bureaucratic overhaul alone will not solve the current crime epidemic. And here, we do need help from Washington and Springfield.
Drugs are a national plague.
They breed crime. They destroy lives and communities. The seeds of violence are being distributed on our streets each day. Huge sums of money are rewarding the drug traders and, too often, corrupting the system. And we cannot truly attack the problem unless and until the federal government cuts off the drug pipeline at America's borders.