Legislative Update

NAPO Sole Law Enforcement Organization to Testify Before Congress on Federal Assistance for State and Local Law Enforcement

Anthony Wieners, President of the New Jersey State PBA, Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee

On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, Detective Anthony Wieners, President of the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association and NAPO Executive Board Member, testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs regarding the role of the federal government in helping communities prevent and respond to violent crime.  Detective Wieners addressed three issues in his testimony that are of increasing concern to NAPO and law enforcement: the decrease in funding for vital Department of Justice state and local law enforcement assistance programs witnessed over the past several years; the additional duties taken on by local law enforcement agencies in the post-9/11 era; and finally, the recent increase in crime rates experienced by communities nationwide.  He called on the federal government to reverse the downward spiral in support of state and local law enforcement grant programs and to recognize the important impact having more police on the streets has on crime.

NAPO was the sole law enforcement organization invited to speak on behalf of rank-and-file law enforcement at the hearing.   NAPO thanks Detective Wieners for taking the time to address these important issues on behalf of the nation’s law enforcement community.  

For a pdf copy of Detective Wieners’ submitted testimony, please click here.