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Pfluger, D’Esposito to Hold Joint Subcommittee Hearing on the State of Law Enforcement

May 15, 2023

TOMORROW AT 9AM: Pfluger, D’Esposito to Hold Joint Subcommittee Hearing on the State of Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 9:00 AM ET, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology Chairman Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) will hold a joint hearing for National Police Week to examine the state of U.S. law enforcement and how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) engages with state and local authorities across America to fight crime and terrorism, as well as prepare for disaster response.

 

DETAILS:

WHAT: A joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology entitled, “Protecting the Homeland: An Examination of Federal Efforts to Support State and Local Law Enforcement.”

DATE: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

TIME: 9:00 AM ET

LOCATION: 310 Cannon House Office Building

WITNESSES:

Chief Michael Gerke
Odessa, Texas Police Department

Sheriff Don Barnes
Orange County, California Sheriff’s Department

Commissioner Michael Cox
Boston, Massachusetts Police Department

Rafael A. Mangual
Senior Fellow and Head of Research, Policing & Public Safety Initiative, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Witness testimony can be found here. Additional witness testimony will be posted. The hearing will be open to the public and press. Press must be congressionally credentialed and must RSVP.

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