Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay is one of 18 people appointed to President Trump’s new law enforcement commission.
On Wednesday, Ramsay was sworn in by U.S. Attorney General William Barr during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Barr appointed the members of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice following an Oct. 28 executive order from Trump. The Commission will meet monthly for the next year to explore issues affecting law enforcement, including the best approaches to lowering violent crime.
“There is no more noble and important profession than law enforcement. A free and safe society requires a trusted and capable police force to safeguard our rights to life and liberty,” Barr said in a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. “But as criminal threats and social conditions have changed the responsibilities and roles of police officers, there is a need for a modern study of how law enforcement can best protect and serve American communities. This is why the President instructed me to establish this critical Commission, whose members truly reflect the best there is in law enforcement.
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