Sen. Josh Hawley Reveals Plan To Hire 100,000 New Police Officers: ‘American Families Aren’t Safe’

Missouri Republican Sen. 👤Josh Hawley announced a new legislative agenda on Wednesday that includes hiring 100,000 new police officers to help keep Americans safe.

“American families aren’t safe, but they deserve to be. And they can be if we will act,” Hawley said in a news release.

“This is not the time to defund the police or vilify them, but to support the brave men and women in blue — and put more of them on the streets. Immediately,” he added.

Hawley’s plan includes several responses to what his office called “America’s crime wave and unprecedented assault on America’s 🚓Law Enforcement officers.”

The agenda calls for 100,000 new law enforcement officers to be hired via “a bill to provide grants to local communities to support hiring an additional 100,000 additional 🚓Law Enforcement