--- title: "19 Local Police Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Local Police quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Local Police sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/stephen-a-douglas-59248_civil-war_slavery-cannot-exist-a-day-or-an-hour-an_1612382.jpg" --- > [Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-a-douglas/slavery-cannot-exist-a-day-or-an-hour-anywhere-unless-it-is-supported/) [Stephen A. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-a-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/stephen-a-douglas-59248_civil-war_slavery-cannot-exist-a-day-or-an-hour-an_1612382.jpg) > [In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-ramstad/in-my-home-state-of-minnesota-i-have-seen-firsthand-the-importance-of/) [Jim Ramstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-ramstad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/jim-ramstad-21100_crime_in-my-home-state-of-minnesota-i-have-see_1942554.jpg) > [We need to stop sending federal military equipment to local police departments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaal-bowman/we-need-to-stop-sending-federal-military-equipment-to-local-police/) [Jamaal Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaal-bowman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/jamaal-bowman-5772_equipment_we-need-to-stop-sending-federal-military_2911487.jpg) > [We don't ever want to create an environment where people are afraid of their own local police officers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-kennedy/we-don-t-ever-want-to-create-an-environment-where-people-are-afraid/) [Cary Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/cary-kennedy-23768_create_we-don-t-ever-want-to-create-an-environm_227008.jpg) > [Why is our media quick to find evil in our local police, but tnot in Islamic terror?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-gutfeld/why-is-our-media-quick-to-find-evil-in-our-local-police-but-tnot-in/) [Greg Gutfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-gutfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/greg-gutfeld-1129_evil_why-is-our-media-quick-to-find-evil-in-o_739665.png) > [Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-de-leon/our-communities-will-become-more-not-less-dangerous-when-local-police/) [Kevin de Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-de-leon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/kevin-de-leon-7780_dangerous_our-communities-will-become-more-not-les_2759690.jpg) > [People move into a house a block down the road. You know who's going in. You can see and you report them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/people-move-into-a-house-a-block-down-the-road-you-know-who-s-going/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/donald-trump-18_block_people-move-into-a-house-a-block-down-th_1215203.jpg) > [ The local police who know every one of these \[illegal\] criminals, and they know each and every one by name, by crime,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/the-local-police-who-know-every-one-of-these-illegal-criminals-and/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/donald-trump-18_crime_the-local-police-who-know-every-one-of-t_1317567.jpg) > [When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/when-you-go-to-your-local-police-officer-your-police-chief-in-the/) [Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/joe-biden-454_been_when-you-go-to-your-local-police-officer_2723695.jpg) > [“The local police was her brother Martin, the sheriff. Her father was the Assistant Chief of Police. The last thing she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-garden/the-local-police-was-her-brother-martin-the-sheriff-her-father-was/) [Elizabeth Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-garden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/elizabeth-garden-32788_elizabeth-garden_the-local-police-was-her-brother-martin_2294399.jpg) > [We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-durbin/we-can-t-do-much-about-ensuring-that-the-homeland-is-safe-if-our/) [Dick Durbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-durbin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/dick-durbin-3181_homeland_we-can-t-do-much-about-ensuring-that-the_1273137.jpg) > [We need to demilitarize local police departments so that they do not look like occupying armies. We want police departments that look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-need-to-demilitarize-local-police-departments-so-that-they-do-not/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/bernie-sanders-233_army_we-need-to-demilitarize-local-police-dep_1392270.jpg) > [There are now 17,000 local American police forces that are armed with rocket launchers, bazookas, heavy machine guns, all kinds of chemical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/there-are-now-17-000-local-american-police-forces-that-are-armed-with/) [Paul Craig Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-craig-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/paul-craig-roberts-3108_all-kinds_there-are-now-17-000-local-american-poli_457888.png) > [“I love my local police," Nelson said. "They keep me safe. They look cute in their unforms. I have a great relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-witt/i-love-my-local-police-nelson-said-they-keep-me-safe-they-look-cute/) [Emily Witt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-witt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/emily-witt-72735_i-love-my-local-poli_i-love-my-local-police-nelson-said-they_1402803.jpg) > [ “\[Former Detroit Police Commissioner George Edwards, then a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit\], wrote in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-widick/former-detroit-police-commissioner-george-edwards-then-a-judge-of-the/) [B.J. Widick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-widick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/b-j-widick-74374_law-and-order_former-detroit-police-commissioner-georg_1855092.jpg) > [“If you're an amateur, professional, or aspiring journalist in any city in the U.S., a good story for you would be to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-karakatsanis/if-you-re-an-amateur-professional-or-aspiring-journalist-in-any-city/) [Alec Karakatsanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-karakatsanis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/alec-karakatsanis-35059_copaganda_if-you-re-an-amateur-professional-or-asp_766100.jpg) > [Local prosecutors work alongside local police officers on a regular basis and are therefore conflicted when it comes to prosecuting those same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-sharpton/local-prosecutors-work-alongside-local-police-officers-on-a-regular/) [Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-sharpton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/al-sharpton-2091_alongside_local-prosecutors-work-alongside-local-p_2466065.jpg) > [We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-may/we-are-mandating-forces-to-hold-regular-neighbourhood-beat-meetings/) [Theresa May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/theresa-may-2801_beats_we-are-mandating-forces-to-hold-regular_2131323.jpg) > [My residents don't know who a federal officer is or a local police officer or a county deputy or a state patroller.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-wheeler/my-residents-don-t-know-who-a-federal-officer-is-or-a-local-police/) [Ted Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/ted-wheeler-5816_care_my-residents-don-t-know-who-a-federal-of_1446644.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/local-police/#itemlist", "name": "Local Police Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen A. 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