Attacks on Police Reach Decade High Amid Staffing Decline, Officials Testify

Attacks on Police Reach Decade High Amid Staffing Decline, Officials Testify
The Austin Police Department investigates the crime scene after an Austin police officer died following a shooting in South Austin, Texas, on Nov. 11, 2023. Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP
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Attacks on law enforcement officers are at a 10-year high as police staffing declines, according to a May 15 congressional hearing.

Lawmakers questioned ambassadors for law enforcement groups at a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee during National Police Week. The witnesses included Gregory Mays, deputy commissioner of Homeland Security for the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security; Michael Bullock, president of the Austin Police Association in Texas; and Michael Chapman, sheriff of Loudoun County, Virginia.

Savannah Hulsey Pointer
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Savannah Pointer is a politics reporter for The Epoch Times. She can be reached at [email protected]
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