Crime

​Agenda

​

• Those convicted of nonviolent crimes don’t need to be held in prison where the taxpayer foots the bill for their every expense. If they don’t pose a danger to others, they should be out in the community repairing whatever damage they’ve done through community service. This is cheaper, safer, and keeps the spouses and children of offenders from suffering unnecessarily when their loved one is incarcerated.

• For those convicted of violent crimes, we need to be tougher. It’s true that too many dangerous criminals are let out of prison after being in for only a short period of time, and when they’re let out onto the streets, they’ve only become more hardened. That’s why their time in prison should be focused on rehabilitation, not just retribution for the crimes they’ve committed. 

• Those convicted of sex crimes deserve longer prison sentences as well, especially when a minor is involved. Every sexually based crime is a violent crime, but sex offenders often get lighter sentences than nonviolent criminals. It’s time for this to stop.

• Drug rehabilitation programs are essential to combating crime in our communities, and addiction should be treated as a health issue first, and a criminal issue second.

• Stronger fentanyl policies and training for law enforcement

• Crack down on human trafficking to keep our women and children safe.

• Increase access to legal protections and resources for survivors of domestic violence

• Keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals by ensuring that those with a history of violent crime cannot have access to a gun by closing the gun show loophole and mandating that everyone go through a background check before buying a gun.