HEARINGS
An Oversight Hearing on Reduced Federal Funding For Law Enforcement and the Rise in Violent Crime
Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing
Monday, July 10, 2006
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
192 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Hearing Transcript
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Opening Statements
Senator Byron L. Dorgan
Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee
Senator Harry Reid
Senate Democratic Leader
Senator Jeff Bingaman
Witnesses
Timothy Dolan
Interim Chief of Police, Minneapolis Police Department
Gary Hagler
Chief of Police, Flint (MI) Police Department
Sheriff Ted Kamatchus
Sheriff of Marshall County, Iowa
Brian O'Keefe
Deputy Chief of Police, Milwaukee Police Department
James Allen Fox
Northeastern University
Additional Materials
Letter from Alfred Blumstein, University Professor, Carnegie Mellon
Chart Accompanying Presentation of Sheriff Kamatchus
Letter from Officer Robert J. Tutko, Crisis Intervention Team, Memphis Police Department