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One week from election day, both former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala are busy on the campaign trail speaking about a variety of issues and trying to score undecided voters.
Here’s what the two candidates have said about crime and police during this campaign, according to CBS.
Kamala Harris
The vice president has played up her experience as a former prosecutor, highlighting her work cracking down on violent offenders and drug traffickers.
While serving as the district attorney in San Francisco, Harris spearheaded a law enforcement training program on procedural justice and implicit bias.
During her time representing California in the Senate, she was a co-sponsor of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which aimed to address police misconduct in the wake of Floyd's death in May 2020. The measure would restrict the use of qualified immunity, ban no-knock warrants in drug cases and chokeholds, and require federal law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, among other changes.
After Floyd's death, the vice president called for "reimagining how we do public safety in America" and a conversation about "redirecting resources" from police to other government functions such as the public education system and social services.
After Harris was selected as Mr. Biden's running mate in October 2020, his campaign said neither of the two Democrats supported defunding the police.
Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump laid out his "plan to restore law and order" in February 2023, which he said includes a "record investment in hiring, retention and training" for police officers nationwide and bolstering liability protections for law enforcement. The former president said he will condition Justice Department grants and federal funding on the use of "stop and frisk" and other tactics by local law enforcement agencies.
In recent months, Trump has stepped up his pledges to protect law enforcement, saying during a tele-rally in June that his administration would indemnify police officers.
During a September speech accepting the endorsement from the National Fraternal Order of Police, Trump called for giving back "power and respect" to police and has suggested "one rough hour" of a law enforcement response would tamp down on crime.
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