Look, my opponent went to Washington and she voted for supported the anti police bill here in Connecticut. I voted against the anti police bill. I'm a former state senator. Our police departments are decimated here in Connecticut. Our state troopers were supposed to be over 1200 patrolmen. We're less than four, less than 800 troopers, 400 down. We have people targeting police officers right here in Connecticut. Just, you know, just earlier last week we had a shooting, a boldness. We need to be tough on crime. (02:05–02:16)
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Asserts that Connecticut's state troopers are 400 below the intended number of 1200.
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