The Daily Populous Tuesday September 24th, 2024 evening edition
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Kamala Harris snagged the endorsement of a national law enforcement organization on Monday.

The Police Leaders for Community Safety is all on for Harris, first reported by Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser. The endorsement comes after the nation’s oldest and most influential law enforcement lobbies, the National Fraternal Order of Police, backed Donald Trump earlier this month.

“This endorsement reflects Vice President Harris’ track record and unwavering commitment to public safety and the rule of law,” Sue Riseling, chairwoman of Police Leaders for Community Safety, said in a statement. “As police leaders who have led law enforcement agencies and the major national law enforcement leadership groups, we know first-hand what it will take to make our communities safer – and that includes having Kamala Harris as our next president.”

The group was created in 2024 as a non-partisan 501(c)4 that says it represents dozens of nationally recognized police officials.

The organization - which says it is led by a diverse group of prominent police professionals who have been at the helm of numerous major national law enforcement leadership groups - highlights that its mission is to champion “policies to make communities and the people in them safer, improve and evolve policing, and safeguard the rule of law.”

The group’s backing gives Harris support from a major law enforcement group following the endorsement earlier this month of Trump by the National Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest police union.

2024 Watch-New on @FoxNews - @KamalaHarris lands the endorsement of the Police Leaders for Community Safety, a leading national law enforcement group. https://t.co/VltHwLSG0h #2024Election #FoxNews — Paul Steinhauser (@steinhauserNH1) September 23, 2024

The National Fraternal Order of Police, meanwhile, boasts more than 377,000 members.

“Public safety and border security will be important issues in the last months of this campaign,” Patrick Yoes, president of the FOP, said in a statement earlier this month. “Our members carefully considered the positions of the candidates on the issues and there was no doubt — zero doubt — as to who they want as our President for the next four years: Donald J. Trump.”

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NeitherCook5241 on September 24th, 2024 at 13:11 UTC »

Trump is a threat to national security, not only because he is easily manipulated by his ego, but also because he’s stolen and shared top secret information with geopolitical adversaries. Local law enforcement might not understand this as much, but people at the FBI, NSA, CIA level of law enforcement understand that Trump puts our nation security at risk.

TheBl4ckFox on September 24th, 2024 at 10:55 UTC »

From the article:

“Kamala Harris snagged the endorsement of a national law enforcement organization on Monday.

The Police Leaders for Community Safety is all on for Harris, first reported by Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser. The endorsement comes after the nation’s oldest and most influential law enforcement lobbies, the National Fraternal Order of Police, backed Donald Trump earlier this month”

SaviorofMoe on September 24th, 2024 at 10:55 UTC »

This just seems like a rhetorical trap. The group formed in 2024. It doesn't "normally" endorse anyone. Cops in general trend to fascism, of course but not this group. This group has no history