Title: A resolution expressing support for the brave men and women of our law enforcement agencies and urging the people of the United States to "Back the Blue".
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution expresses gratitude to the brave law enforcement officers who serve their communities and condemns individuals who commit violence against them. It also calls on the people of the United States to denounce the September 2020 attack on deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 697 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 697

 Expressing support for the brave men and women of our law enforcement 
   agencies and urging the people of the United States to ``Back the 
                                Blue''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 2020

    Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. 
Loeffler, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Braun, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Graham, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
 Daines, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. McSally, and 
Mr. Portman) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for the brave men and women of our law enforcement 
   agencies and urging the people of the United States to ``Back the 
                                Blue''.

Whereas the cowardly attack on 2 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 
        deputies on September 12, 2020, is the latest example of an alarming 
        trend of targeted violence toward Federal, State, and local law 
        enforcement officers;
Whereas, as of September 11, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported 
        that 37 law enforcement officers have been feloniously killed in the 
        United States in 2020, representing a more than 20-percent increase in 
        law enforcement homicides compared to the same period last year;
Whereas more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers in the United States 
        perform innumerable daily acts of bravery and service for their 
        communities that often go entirely unreported;
Whereas radical politicians, reckless media figures, and organized protest 
        movements bent on sowing civil unrest have sought to vilify and 
        denigrate the courageous men and women of our law enforcement agencies, 
        while inciting, encouraging, or celebrating widespread criminal activity 
        and violence against law enforcement officers;
Whereas crime rates, including rates of violent crime, have dramatically risen 
        in several cities across the United States as radical politicians pursue 
        a dangerous campaign to ``defund the police'', starving law enforcement 
        agencies of much-needed resources to combat the growing threat to their 
        communities;
Whereas maintaining law and order is fundamental to the safety, security, and 
        prosperity of our communities; and
Whereas now is the time to ``Back the Blue'', and express our full-throated 
        support for the selfless work of our courageous law enforcement officers 
        who protect all law-abiding citizens against the threats posed by 
        criminals and violent domestic groups interested in sowing chaos and 
        destruction: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) expresses gratitude to the brave men and women of our 
        Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies who 
        selflessly serve their communities;
            (2) stands united to ``Back the Blue'' and support the law 
        enforcement agencies and officers that stand on the front lines 
        every day to maintain law and order so that our communities can 
        prosper;
            (3) condemns the perpetrators, instigators, and celebrators 
        of violence against law enforcement officers; and
            (4) calls for the people of the United States to--
                    (A) denounce the recent cowardly attack on the Los 
                Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies;
                    (B) assist in the identification and apprehension 
                of the criminal who perpetrated the cowardly attack; 
                and
                    (C) pray for the speedy and full recovery of the 
                deputies.
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