Law enforcement officials warn against Trump's 'tough on crime' policy
Source: The Guardian
A coalition of senior law enforcement officials told Donald Trump on Wednesday that reducing arrests and imprisoning fewer Americans were key to promoting “law and order”, after the presumptive Republican presidential nominee claimed a tougher approach was needed.
Two days after Trump declared himself “the law and order candidate” in the race for the White House, groups representing tens of thousands of police officers and prosecutors said in an open letter that rehabilitation and shorter prison sentences would help reduce crime.
“Though this may seem counterintuitive, we know from our experience as law enforcement officials that over-relying on incarceration does not deter crime,” said the letter to Trump and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The law enforcement officials urged the candidates to help shift funding from the tackling of minor crimes to dealing with the most violent and serious offenders, and to push for a reform of sentencing laws to reduce the prison population and give low-level offenders “a chance for redemption”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/13/donald-trump-crime-policy-law-enforcement-officials-letter
Jon Swaine in New York
Wednesday 13 July 2016 17.35 BST
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Text of open letter: http://lawenforcementleaders.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Law-Enforcement-Letter.pdf
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