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Article: REP. CAPPS CELEBRATES PASSAGE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES IMPROVEMENT ACT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 15, 2007
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Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif. (23rd CD), issued the following press release:
Rep. Lois Capps celebrated the passage of H.R. 1700, the Community Oriented Policing Services (C.O.P.S.) Improvement Act. This bi-partisan legislation would restore the strength of the C.O.P.S. program by providing local law enforcement agencies with the resources to put an additional 50,000 police officers on the beat across the country, including 173 officers on the Central and South Coast, over the next six years. During the Clinton Administration, the popular COPS program was credited with a significant reduction in crime across the county, but in recent years President Bush has attempted to eliminate the enhanced ...