The Invest to Protect Act has support in Congress from both sides of the aisle.
SAN DIEGO — A local US congressman is pushing for more money for smaller police departments.
The Invest to Protect Act was the center of a news conference held at the Carlsbad Police Department Friday morning.
"I hear from rank and file officers, they're expected to do more and more with fewer resources in many cases," said Congressman Mike Levin (D-Calif). "We have to do all we can to help them be effective and do their jobs well. We expect them to have things like cameras, we have to make sure those systems are funded. We expect them to be trained for de-escalation, we have to make sure the departments have the appropriate funding to train in those areas."
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