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October 1994 - [International Association of Chiefs of Police]
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President, William J. Clinton
International Asso6iation 6f Chiefs of .Police
Albuquerque~- N .M. _.:.;, October 17,: 1994
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Thank you Chief Daughtery~ Tha·nk, you very much .. It makes
me very proud to be her_e ·today with all of you~
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Last'yea( 1 .befbte.Congre~s
took up the Crime Bill, we asked
them to make a down payment on it by passing a bill ·to put· 2, 000
new police officers oh the streets immediately. Last week at the
White House I met Chief' David Massey_, from Ocean City, 'Maryland.:
Chief ~assey, who is here today, introduced me to a young man who
.was ori his force because of one
policing grants.
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Th{s young police officer apprehended a serial rapist on his ·
community policing_· :Qeat. That _one offic_er has made a difference~
in the, lives rof countless people who will· never know him -:...:. but, .
whether or not they know it, they will never be victimized by the
·criminal he caught.
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But the' Brady Law,the Police Hiring pr6gram -~they were
just the start. · We had .to do more,· and I am proud that, working.
t6gether, we did~
The Cri~e Bill that we ~assed this year -- ·th~t we ali
fought so_.hard.and so long to get through the Congress_...:. will do
so m:uch to make our streets safer. And that is gov:erilrnent's
first responsibility.
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. I fo~ght hard for- that Bill-because I believed that putting
100,000 more.police on the street; in community policing, could
make a difference . . I fought for-that Bill because I believed·.
that' it is high time that·violent criminals get the punishments
they deserve: longer se~tences, .thre~ strikes and you're out, and
yes, even the death pen~lt~ for criminals who kill police
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I fought for th~t Bill because I bel~eved we rieed .fo get
. tougber on rapists, and sexual offenderS,. and to protect our
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children and' our co:rnm'uni ties ·from these. predators.· I fought for
this Bill becau$e Irbelie~ed,that it is wrong_ to ~sk our pOlice.
officers to face criminals armed with killer assault weapons _..:..
and that those guns, which have no legitimate hunting or sporting
purpose, hav~ na place on our stre~ts.
·And I fought. for this Bill becaus.e I bel_ieved that .we needed .
to give 6u~:yourig people s6mething to say yes tq -- ~e cannot
just .give u~ ~ri a whole generation df kids, millions of whom ·
haveri~t done anything wrong -~ but are in danger of going off onthe wrong p~th at-any time. We've g'ot to.give these kids a·place
to go, and things to do, to keep them .out of trouble before they
start~-·
Some people opposed these.things,because they honestly ~on't
share the same beliefs that you and I do. .The~ oppose the death
penalty,· or· oppose the ban on assault weapons, or oppose,
cominunity notification_about sex;ual offenders. And I had to
stand up to ~eople in my own ~arty who opposed these things in
order to make sUre that th~ Crime Bill included them all. ·
But I firmly believe iri all these things; and it was my job
to fight for·them.
·.And to be honest, I don't think that is so remarkable.
was my plain duty.
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But what I do -find remarkable
what I find remarkabl~
day iri Washingotn ~- is the iengt~s some people are•willirig
to go to purely for political ~ain~ Some people £ou~ht against
the Crime Bill just because of p6~itics~ They had no real
dis~greement with us--- they just wanted to stop us for their
own; partisari reasons. _And they scurried all over town J,.ooking
for-excuses to do it.
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The first arid most fundamenfal responsibility ·of. goverrurient
- is to protect its citizens -- to provide law and order. And the. '
single greatest' threat to freedom in America today is the rising
tide of cricie artd ~iolence .in our streets.
How could any responsible person, sent to Washington to do
the pe6ple's business, .walk·away.from a law to ~ake th~ people.
safer?
These Con~tessmen and Senators, and their spe~ial ~nt~r~st
did just that .. They did all they could to stop us on the
Crime Bill-- just to sto~ .us.·
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They didn't ·care· t,hat their partisan· g9-mes would leave· your·
police departments outmanned-and outgunned
they were willing
�to deny you the· reinforcements you ~eed and th~y .~we:r:e willing -to
allow cri~inals to easily ·buy killer assault wepaons to use
· against you, .. They' were willing to sac:rifice longer sent_ences: for
violent criminals and. tougher controls on sexual predators. And·
.they-were willing to ~iv~ up the charice to reduce the federal
bureaucracy by: 272,000 positions to its lOwest level ·since John
Kennedy was President, arid use the savings to give ._state~ and
communities the tools they need.toreduce crime.
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Sure,. they-·say they are for a:j_l thes~ things .. They are back
home right now, running televisio'n ·ads,. telling the voters ~ow
·tough. they are on· crime. Don't let·them pull this off again. You.
and I both know the· sad/truth; they prov~d it for sure this year:
·the ~artisan politici~ns dori 1 t re~lly care about helping you ~~n
this fight. For .the sake of· politics; they were willing to let
more cops, ,less.guns, and tough penalties go right down the·
-drain.
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·When will people'iri Washington ever learn
this .is not
·about us, it is-not abou:t politics, it. is not about me .. - It's
about making progress on the problems that confront our country ..
· [moving forward,. not- back. ]
It 1 s. not enough for these· people to try and stop us ··.·now,_
~ven· after we have moved forward. despi t.e their: best efforts, they.
·want.· to, undo, what
we.'ve ·accomplished.·
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Last week at· the White Hous'e we awarded the ;first new· police
ofticers thorrigh the Crime ~ill. Many of you were there. ·Just12 days after the money became,available, we -were providinq the.
~o~ey to hire al~ost ·3,000 new police offic~rs.
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ensure that you get the reosurces you 'need 'as rapidly as '
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possible, these' partisan politicians continued ·to look ·for.w~ys
to.turn·back the cl6ck. Their leaders have a plan they call a
"Contract .for America." But this "Contract for America"· will gut
.the C_rime Bill just· as we making it real. Their Contract will ·
keep us' fr.om putting 100,000 police officers on the street and
100,·0_00 viol'ent crimin!3-ls behind bars·~
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That's no contract for America
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it's a contract on
The c6ntrast ~orildn 1 t.be more clear. They'd be happy to go
back to,ihe' days when fighting.cri~e meani buying a thirty second
advertisement. And I want to-make this Crime Bill -work, and to
build on.it~ so.that each and every one of you has the reourc~~
you need,to win thi~ war. ·
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·We are doing everything we,can tO erisure that this C~ime.
-Bill works. -And if something i-sn I t working right, I want to hear
from. you. Believe me
I·understand that, fupdamentally,
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�is still a local problems,_anct' each of you face very d1fferent
problems. But we are absolutely committed-to making this bill
woik for-all o~ you.
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That's why today I'm happy to let you know ·about two _
· · impr_ovements we've already made to help out those of you in ~arge
cities ·and sinall~towns. Today, we're going to make it possible
. for communities thatwaht to put more·police on the streets right
away to begin hiring· -~mmediately. And communi ties of fewer than
5'0, 000· people ·will now be_ able to apply for new policing.
officers, under the Crime Bill, with a simple,· one-:page
appli6ation.
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_And ·I promise you: . the person I chobse to head ·this
progr_am won't be a. b'lu:·eaucrat from Washington
--·my-top ~::op·will_be a police chief from the front lines.·
~cimmuni ty ·policing
This Crime Bill is just a
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We passed the Crime Bill b~cause we sto6d.toijether .. If it_
hadn't been for all of you, who did so much to energize Americans
around.the country in support of this bill, Washington might not
ha~e gott~n the message~ ·But yo~ fought and fought and fo~ght
for this,. and Washington got the message. Thank- you.
. I am truly honored by the j ack~t you presented. me. this
afternooq. But teh fact 6f the matter is I don~t really think
that my fighting for the Crime- Bill was remarkable·:-- as
:President, it was my plain .duty .
. . ·The ·.truth is, -the fight against crime and violence ·.is really·
. beiri~ •fought on two f~onts.· ·
And I sti11 cannot believe how some. peop1e readily s.hirked t;hat
respon~ib{lity in pursuit of political· gain.
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I've come here to pay tribute to you for st~nding by us in
our fight to p~ss ,the crime bill. How great thou ar~.
runtiing this CB like no one ever before.
cop, not a bureaucrat
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--.How we're paying f6r it-~ riot·taxes or defidit·spending
cut bureauc-rats
not ·something for nothing or ~~thiri~~or nothirig but something
'for something
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We've made a start, they tried to stop- u~,_ we want to move
forward, ~nd they, want· to-take us back.
- Two-f~o~t struggle again'st ~rime -~··you fight to make
.streets s.afer. Other is .. whose side Washington is on. . What .you
do is most important -- lives on line every day. funerals~
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But seco~d battle is also life. and death-- decision oVer
whether we're going to get aw off the stre~t, lOOk on the. streei,
whether_we're just going to talk_about crime 9we're so good, or
actually_do something about.it --that's what the second·fight is
·about. The thing ·that -makes this second fights so much more
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'diffic~lt than overseas·i.s who our friends. and ~nemies are.
q isnit are yotir servants pro ~rim~ 6r anti crime. Never m~t
a~yone who's pio crime or anti .. ~
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Are w~ gonig to do som~thing a_bout Jt? Are we gonig to go
forward or go backwards? ,Talk tough·vs .. be tough .
. The fact there's even a. s:tr:uggle is outrageous. When· our
_troops are out there in th~ .field, if th~y're out~unried, nobotly
- blnks ~at ·idea at· equippj,ng. _If we need more tropps,' no one
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balks. But here in this fight,· we have to battle this every day.
'That '.s what crime bill· fight was all about.
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'N6t so.rema~kable. Not about politics-- tried to bring
both sides together -~ thi~ issue has been used for political
purposes £or too lon[.
But the ·fight'i$n't over. The· crime bill is an opportunity,
.not a guarantee .. · We've hit the ground. running, but_ theyre ttying
to pull the rug out, from under.~s~ (just as ~e've started to
mak~ this
. bill work~ others are trying to . repeal it.)
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Don't let them take fhis victory away from ris. Just as the.
battle f~i our .streets goes _on every day, the battle for which .
course wash .wil -take. goes ·on every·· day. - Just as our policy wrt .
criminals on streets'must be no .excuses, our answer to those who
want to' explain why against cb,. repeal,· our answer must ·be no ·
excuses.
[No:debate among people.
Real people v~ Wash]
this is just a
Was~ington
debate.
We all know what going back means. For 25 yrs. For· 6 yrs,
poli ts in Wash. talked _.tough on crime but did nothing. -ACLU/NRA .
. Back=politics as usual, talk,~nd talk,". partisan adv-antage~
Strong at home, strong abroad
.What this election is about
·Stand by people who stood by you
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Jonathan Prince served in various capacities during the two terms of the Administration. He was one of President Clinton’s speechwriters, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and directed the public relations effort related to the fallout from the bombing of refugees by NATO forces during the war in Kosovo. This collection consists his speechwriting files which contain speech drafts, handwritten notes, memoranda, correspondence, publications, and schedules. Prince wrote most of President Clinton’s radio addresses from 1993-1997. He also specialized in dealing with domestic issues such as crime, gun control, unemployment, urban development, and welfare.
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