And I've supported funding over the years for community policing and other block grants. I think it's important, though, again, not to distort what the record is. In Denver. Over the last year, violent crime actually decreased during the first half of this year, homicides went down by 8% and violent gun crime is down by 14.5%. Property crime is down by 1/3 this year. Now, look, I still don't think that's good enough, but I think that the mayor, the district attorney and the chief of police need to work on that. (11:27–11:41)
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