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Law enforcement leaders speak out in favor of proven crime prevention approaches.
The Miami Herald
Cops unite to oppose cuts to early-childhood education
6/29/2011
"Two local police chiefs joined a press conference this week to draw attention to cuts in funding for early-childhood education - which they say can prevent kids from ever becoming criminals."
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Early education helps fight crime
Editorial
5/7/2011
"Against the backdrop of a possible loss of funding for full-day kindergarten in the Philadelphia schools, it’s good to see law-enforcement officials from the region joining colleagues across the nation in raising their voices in support of early-education programs."
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KPTM FOX 42 Omaha
Law Enforcement Supports Early Education
Meghan McRoberts
4/26/2011
"Recently proposed budget cuts to early education has law enforcement leaders putting their foot down, arguing if you don't pay now for quality early education, the cost will be much higher if they go down a criminal path."
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Public News Service
Nevada Law Enforcers: Early Education Pays Dividends
Mike Clifford
4/25/2011
"Studies indicate for every one dollar we spend now, today, we save six dollars in the future for incarceration, law enforcement costs, costs for us to go to court, court costs and things of that nature."
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Public News Service
Law Enforcement Leaders Speak Out for Early Learning
Chris Thomas
4/15/2011
"The money that we're spending to give them those early childhood experiences - to light that fire of intense interest in learning - is what's going to provide for their future. And that future can be a bright future; or that future can be sitting in a jail cell. Our choice, as a society," [Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said.]
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KCRG (ABC) Cedar Rapids
Local Law Enforcement Endorses Early Childhood Education Spending
By Dave Franzman, Reporter
4/13/2011
"Early childhood education may not seem to have a lot in common with fighting crime. But both police and prosecutors agree there’s evidence to show a years-later connection."
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The Jacksonville Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, Ill.)
Editorial: Give children priority now, save heartache in future
3/31/11
"...[P]reschool programs are in double jeopardy because many school districts are having to stop preschool offerings because of months-long delays in promised funding.
Slipping further would be bad news to groups such as…Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois, a group of law enforcement officials dedicated to advocating the need for early intervention and assistance programs.
The group believes that by spending the money now, the savings would be seen tenfold because society does not have to take on the care and responsibility for those who fail and end up in prison."
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The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine)
Save home visits
3/30/11
Chief Mark Leonard, Veazie Police Department
"Violence produces more violence. Law enforcement knows and research has proven that if children are physically or mentally abused or neglected, they are more likely to become abusers and be involved in later crime.
I am urging the governor and Maine legislators to continue to support state funding for home-visiting programs, not to cut them. These programs are some of the few prevention tools we have in our collective work toward eliminating child abuse."
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The Fayetteville Obserfver (Fayetteville, N.C.)
Early learning puts kids on right path
3/25/11
Chief Tom Bergamine, Fayetteville Police Department
"I hope that state lawmakers make the right choice by protecting these initiatives and supporting efforts to strengthen them. Educating the youngest children is a priority for ensuring our public safety for years to come."
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The Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, N.H.)
Gutting education hurts public safety
3/23/11
Christopher Krajenka, chief
New Boston Police Department
"We shouldn’t leave law enforcement with both hands tied behind their backs. I urge our elected leaders, including U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte, to oppose these cuts and speak in favor of funding to strengthen and expand early care and education programs like Head Start."
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Medill Reports (Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern)
Law enforcement leaders press state to boost funding for early education programs
3/8/11
By Katie Spencer
“I’ve spent ten years as prosecutor,” said Ogle County State's Attorney Ben Roe, a member of the group. “Some of us are 30-year veterans of law enforcement and we’ve seen over several decades that what’s been going on isn’t working. We need to be more proactive and we need a new approach.”
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The Patriot News (Harrisburg, Penn.)
Early learning programs reward us in many ways
2/25/11
By District Attorney David J. Freed
"Early learning programs help children get the right start in school and in life, cuts the cycle of crime and incarceration that plagues many at-risk families and reduces corrections spending in the future. Research is clear that at-risk kids left out of a quality prekindergarten program were 85 percent more likely to be sentenced to jail or prison."
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