Law enforcement veterans say Trump’s pro-enforcement actions will boost morale
rear President Donald Trump He signed a massive number of executive orders to reduce crime on his first day in office, one expert with nearly 30 years of law enforcement experience said the era of police slander was over.
“It’s been really like that since Trump took office, it’s lifted the burden on law enforcement,” Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) told Fox News Digital. “And I think this law enforcement slander will decline as the highest level of politicians are no longer accompanied by it.”
Smith is 29 years old Law enforcement Veterans and spokesman for the National Police Association. She currently trains police officers across the country and speaks regularly with rank and file officers.
On the first day, Trump signed an executive order on the harmful executive order and the first withdrawal of the lawsuit, eliminating dozens of Biden-era executive orders. One of these Biden-era orders was called to advance effective and accountable police and criminal justice practices to strengthen public trust and public safety.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on January 20, 2025 at his oval office. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
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The order promoted “alternatives to arrest or imprisonment,” prohibiting local and state officials from the acquisition of surplus federal weapons and other law enforcement equipment, and cracking down on local law enforcement agencies’ ability to use force when arresting them.
National Police Association spokesman Sergeant Betsy Brantner Smith said Trump’s executive order lifted the burden on police officers. (Fox News)
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Smith said law enforcement optimism is as high as what he called a “war with police,” which he said began when Barack Obama was president and when Joe Biden was his vice president.
She said that for the law enforcement community, the pro-law and the message of law and order is refreshing and might attract new employees to the profession.
“And what it’s trying to do, though slowly, will help police officers from the past four years retire early or escape places like New York, Chicago, LA, and go to places like Florida or Arizona,” she said. “And I think we’ll start seeing young people become interested in the profession again.”
Trump also enacted an executive order on his first day, called the Executive Order to Protect American People from Aggression. National Police Officers Association.
The immigrants will be photographed at the US Border Patrol Processing Center after crossing the US Mexican border in Lukeville, Arizona on December 7, 2023. (John Moore/Getty Images)
“The executive order promotes agreements with states and localities, granting state and local law enforcement officials the resources and latitudes needed to pursue latitudes by criminal foreigners, the resources and latitudes needed to pursue investigations related to criminal crimes, human smuggling, gangs and drug activities,” Napo said.
Smith, a resident of Arizona, also communicates regularly. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agent.
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“We have a lot of interaction with border patrols,” she said. “The morale of the Border Patrol here in southern Arizona has exploded. You’re looking at those people and gals. They’re so happy because they can do their job. They’re happy back to work.”
Hilton Beckham, assistant director of CBP spokesperson Hilton Beckham told Fox News Digital that the agency is no longer bumping into it and is back to working perfectly.
“Change starts with leadership. We’re looking at a full 180 at the border under a president who has restored the powers of law enforcement and supports men and women on the frontline,” she said.
“Historical lows at illegal intersections — not even veteran agents have seen it — unprecedented government-wide collaboration has brought real results. CBP missions never change.