Senator Murray supports giving law enforcement the tools they need
to protect and defend our communities. Senator Murray has worked hard to provide adequate
federal funding for additional law enforcement agents at the state and
federal level. She has also supported smart policies to combat
violence, drugs, crime and gangs.
As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator
Murray has advocated for increased funding to state and local law
enforcement agencies through the Department of Justice Byrne Grant
program and the Community Oriented Policing (COPS) grant programs.
She has also used her position to ensure that the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) remains committed to its traditional law enforcement
mission, in addition to its new counter-terrorism and intelligence
roles.
Priorities
- Funding law enforcement needs;
- Focusing federal resources on fighting crime in our
communities;
- Increasing the federal law enforcement presence in Washington
state;
- Supporting comprehensive anti-drug efforts; and
- Partnering with law enforcement and community efforts to fight
gangs in our communities.
Accomplishments
- Secured funding for partnerships to keep at-risk youth out of
gangs;
- Established a national center to fight methamphetamines based
in Pierce County;
- Supported comprehensive efforts to fight methamphetamine in
every Washington county under the Washington State Methamphetamine
Initiative;
- Supported funding for law enforcement technology improvements
for better communications and faster emergency response times;
- Worked to bring additional resources to prosecute criminals in
Washington communities along the Canadian border;
- Worked to fund local law enforcement task forces against
gangs and drug crime;
- Fought to ensure that criminal investigations remain a focus
for the FBI in allocating resources and agents nationwide and to our
state.