After the cocaine wars of the 1990's, violent crime declined dramatically in most of America, but it's on the rise once again--especially crime that involves guns. At the same time, federal money that once went to fight crime is being channeled into homeland security, which has a different set of priorities. Late last month, local elected officials and chiefs of police aired their concerns about that trade-off at the National Violent Crime Summit. Whatever happened to former President Clinton's program for putting 100,000 new officers on the streets? Why is Congress making it harder to trace guns used in crimes by kids as young as 13? We hear what civic leaders and law enforcement leaders are asking the federal Department of Justice.
Violent Crime on the Rise, Federal Assistance on the Decline
Credits
Guests:
- Chuck Wexler - Police Executive Research Forum - @CWexlerPERF
- Doug Palmer - Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey
- David Muhlhausen - Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation
- Darrel Stevens - Chief of tje Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
- Christopher Stone - Harvard University
- William Bratton - Los Angeles Police Department