119-sconres15

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 15 Agreed to Senate

    (ATS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. CON. RES. 15

 Expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 18, 2025

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Justice, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
Lee, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
Sheehy, and Mr. Moreno) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
 which was considered and agreed to

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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 Expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.

Whereas more than 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United States risk 
 their lives daily to serve and protect their communities;
Whereas the law enforcement officers of the United States perform their 
 difficult and dangerous job honorably and professionally, with the 
 overwhelming majority of Americans having a positive opinion of their 
 interactions with police;
Whereas innovative and dedicated efforts by law enforcement officers 
 successfully brought down crime rates over the past 3 decades from the 
 historic highs experienced in the 1990s;
Whereas there are more than 24,000 names of fallen law enforcement heroes listed 
 on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, dating 
 back to the first death in the line of duty in 1786;
Whereas the environment for officers has become increasingly more hostile and 
 their safety more precarious;
Whereas 2023 saw the highest officer assault rate of the past 10 years, with 
 more than 79,000 law enforcement officers assaulted by criminals;
Where, in the past 3 years, 1,055 officers have been shot and 172 killed in the 
 line of duty;
Whereas more than 2,500 law enforcement officers in the United States have died 
 in the line of duty during the past decade;
Whereas a law enforcement officer will typically encounter between 400 and 600 
 traumatic events during the career of the officer, compared with 3 or 4 
 traumatic events encountered by the average citizen;
Whereas the unusually high number of traumatic events experienced by law 
 enforcement officers has contributed to a 54 percent higher suicide rate 
 among officers than among other workers in the United States;
Whereas the number of full-time State and local officers dropped by 5.3 percent 
 between 2019 and 2021, the equivalent of nearly 37,000 fewer officers, 
 leaving behind a dangerously low level of sworn officers to serve and 
 protect communities throughout the United States; and
Whereas supporting law enforcement officers with the equipment, training, and 
 funding needed to protect communities from criminal violence has long 
 received overwhelming public support across the political spectrum: Now, 
 therefore, be it
 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--

    (1) highly respects and values United States law 
 enforcement professionals and greatly appreciates all that 
 those officers do to protect and serve our communities;

    (2) remembers and honors those officers and their families 
 who have experienced a death or injury in the line of duty;

    (3) calls for increased measures to be taken to maximize 
 the safety and well-being of officers, including more policing 
 personnel, improved training and equipment, tough penalties for 
 assaulting or killing a law enforcement professional, and 
 increased mental health resources for officers; and

    (4) calls on all levels of government to ensure that law 
 enforcement professionals receive the support and resources 
 needed to keep the United States safe.
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