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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Glynco, Georgia)
For Immediate Release
June 15, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Glynco, Georgia
11:41 A.M. EDT,
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I don't want to do
anything -- please, please be seated -- less than solemn on an
occasion like this, but I'll be darned if I'm going to sweat up here.
I'm going to take my coat off and I hope all you will, too.
(Applause.)
Well, thank you all very much. In a sense there's a
little nostalgia in the air because just 44 and a half years ago,
Barbara and I had our honeymoon 14 miles from here, or just a few
miles from here. So I feel like it's coming back in a sense. And I
want to thank Charlie Rinkevich, who has really epitomized what
cooperation stands for between law enforcement agencies. And I
worked with him, as Nick Brady said, hand in hand as we did battle
against narcotics in South Florida. And the South Florida Task Force
was a success. And one of the reasons that this place here has been
a demonstrable success is that Charlie brought those same skills that
he had of getting people working together and has applied them right
here at Glynco.
I want to salute our Attorney General, who really is
doing a superb job, shaping for me an anticrime package that I want
to talk with you a bit about today. I want to salute Secretary Brady
-- many don't realize that the Secretary of the Treasury has
tremendous responsibilities in the field of law enforcement. And
Nick's doing an outstanding job.
And then on the political front, I wasn't quite sure that
anybody could ever fill the shoes of Bo Ginn, your own. And sure
enough, Lindsay Thomas, who flew down with us on Air Force One, is
doing a superb job for Georgia, and he's right here with us today.
And I want to say I'm pleased he's here. (Applause.)
And unrelated though it is to battling crime, we brought
with us another son of Georgia, and that is the Honorable Paul
Coverdell, who had been a member of the State Senate here and is now
the Director of the Peace Corps worldwide. Paul, over here.
(Applause.)
And the last thing I would like to do -- those of you in
the back can't see them, but one of the things this center does is
offer training in certain anticrime techniques and self-preservation
techniques to ambassadors. And I see that several of those who I
have selected to be United States ambassadors serving in foreign
countries are here with us today, and I'd like to ask them to stand.
(Applause.)
This is such a warm summer day, I think Charlie ought to
take you all over to Pam's. (Laughter.) Sorry about that, Charlie.
(Laughter.)
We had a lot of talk about the various kinds of
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training that our law enforcement people from all different agencies
go through, and they were telling me about the shooting range. I
also hear that a distinguished graduate of one of the courses was a
predecessor in the ambassadorial training -- Shirley Temple Black was
here, soon to be our Ambassador to Czechoslovakia -- a tough
assignment which she'll do very well. But I'm told that in shooting,
she had an almost perfect score, four shots right on the target. The
target was a picture of a tourist with a camera. (Laughter.) She's
going to do well in Czechoslovakia.
But when you graduate from this center, the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, you're going to leave, you graduates,
with a knowledge that you've already confronted the hardest questions
that any peace officer must face. You will have already been tested
under fire. And you will know, from the Firearm Training Center,
whether or not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would
hold your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. And you will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. And in short, you're going to have a
-- you will have been tried and tested, all of your reflexes --
physical, mental and moral.
And when you return to duty -- whether your duty is at
the federal courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West
Virginia, or the city streets of New York, you will take with you a
confidence and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never
bestowed.
And you might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the
threat of a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. or you
might be a member of U.S. Customs, the Secret Service, or practically
any federal agency. Or you might be a local or state law enforcer.
But wherever you're from, whatever you do, you wear a badge over your
heart -- a badge of service -- a badge of honor. And I came here to
salute each and every one of you. (Applause.)
This center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. The bulk of law enforcement is
provided by one partner, the states and localities -- those closest
to the streets and homes of America. The other partner, the federal
government, is best equipped to fight specialized crimes -- from
interdicting drugs on the high seas, to putting prison stripes on
high-rolling crooks that are now in pinstripes. And the federal
government is adept at yet another task -- training. And that's why
this center is so well-suited to this special partnership.
This center is renowned for its high-tech,
state-of-the-art facilities and many talented instructors. And it
was my pleasure just now to meet several of those talented
instructors. But it's more than your ample resources and your
excellent faculty that make Glynco one of the most unique law
enforcement training facilities in the world. It's also your
singular and unwavering commitment to fighting crime. And you teach
many agencies, but you are one academy with one purpose -- to catch
today's criminals with tomorrow's methods and to lift the shadow of
fear from our neighborhoods, from our communities, yes, from our
entire country.
And here, investigators learn how to track down insurance
or telecommunications fraud, money laundering, computer crimes.
Glynco's Financial Fraud Institute will allow agencies to keep up
with a boom industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar crime.
And let me just say parenthetically, if we are going to be fair about
it, the white-collar criminal has got to pay along with the common
street criminal. (Applause.)
But right here, state law enforcers work with federal
agents to learn how to crack a drug ring. And here, our U.S.
ambassadors learn to recognize and avoid terrorists. Investigators
and regulators, they learn how to work together to track down those
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who would poison our lakes and our rivers.
And nowhere else do law enforcers from so many agencies
train together. You may be a security officer from the State
Department or a U.S. marshal. At this center you learn that there
are many agencies that fight crime; but you are all members of one
team, the united forces of justice.
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause and shared sacrifice. Thirty-nine
names, thirty-nine slain federal officers -- all were graduates of
this center.
Among the names is one that I recognize and knew well --
Ariel Rios, a Special Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms -- graduated from the center in March 1979, and gunned down,
shot to death while working undercover trying to break up a drug ring
in South Florida just three years later in December 1982.
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her
name marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los
Angeles in June of 1980 while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent to
die in the line of duty.
And sadly, these are not the only names of slain
officers. of 161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152
were state or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement
officers have been killed in the past 10 years. And that is almost
one death every two days. And one death for every two days -- that
is too much.
I'm here today to deliver a message. I said it in New
York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. And I came
here to Georgia to lay a wreath and to repeat a warning -- better
that you had never been born than to attack one of America's finest.
We are going after those -- (applause) -- who kill or wound our
police officers.
And so I've also come here to send a message to the
United States Congress: We can work together to protect those who
protect us. And I've come here today to sign a transmittal, an
official message to Congress detailing our crime package. Usually,
this would entail nothing more than a quick flourish of the pen and
then sending an aide on a 10-minute car ride up from Pennsylvania
Avenue, 1600, on up to Capitol Hill. But when it comes to fighting
crime, you deserve more than business as usual. And that's why I
have come almost a thousand miles to this wonderful center, to let
you know we intend to back you where it counts -- on the streets and
in the courtroom.
And first, I call on Congress to do for dangerous
firearms what it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to
double the mandatory penalties for the use of semiautomatic weapons
in crimes involving violence or drugs. (Applause.) Those who use a
semiautomatic weapon in federal crimes -- or so much as have one
during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10 years in
federal prison -- and I mean 10 years. (Applause.) No excuses, no
probation, no parole. And let's put the handcuffs on the criminals,
not on the criminal justice system. (Applause.)
Secondly -- and I know our able Attorney General agrees
with this -- we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved ones,
the lives of fellow cops and kids. And I have directed the Attorney
General to advise America's federal prosecutors to end plea
bargaining for violent federal fire arms offenses. Our message?
Pack a gun and we will pack you away. No plea bargaining for that
kind of crime. (Applause.)
And third, when a criminal commits a crime with a gun and
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someone dies, justice demands something in return -- the ultimate
penalty, the death penalty. And I call on governors to match this
federal initiative and propose these same three standards at home --
mandatory time, no deals without cooperation and the death penalty
for these kinds of crime. (Applause.)
Fourth, at my direction, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms suspended the importation of certain assault weapons.
ATF is continuing its examination to determine which -- if any -- of
these weapons are not acceptable under the standards in existing law.
And the standard talks about suitability for sporting purposes. And
you're hearing this from one who prides himself on being a sportsman
and have been a hunter all my life. And at the conclusion of this
study and after careful consideration, we will permanently ban any
imports that don't measure up to these standards. I am going to
stand up for the police officers in this country. (Applause.)
And toward this end, I am proposing the prohibition of
the importation and manufacture of gun magazines of more than 15
rounds for citizens' use. I just don't believe that sportsmen
require these 30-round magazines if the legitimate purpose is sports.
And finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of
825 new federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms; 300 at the FBI; and 150 new Deputy U.S. marshals. And
these new law enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors
and staff. (Applause.) And we're asking for an additional $1
billion -- over and above $500 million already slated for 1990 -- for
federal prison construction. This will mean 24,000 new beds to boost
federal prison capacity by nearly 80 percent.
In short, I am proposing more law enforcers to catch
criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to keep
them off the streets. (Applause.)
You here at Glynco play a major role in this war on
crime. And to say it exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a
forgivable understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law. And
this is a bond that can be known only by those who put themselves on
the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties that we hold so dear, you here at Glynco are domestic
freedom fighters in this war on crime. And for this reason, you have
a friend in the majestic Oval Office, and you have the gratitude and
support of the American people.
Thank you. God bless you and God bless the United States
of America. Thank you very, very much. (Applause.)
END
11:59 A.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 25, 1989
The President has signed the following legislation:
S.J.Res. 137, which designates January 7, 1990, through January
13, 1990 as "National Law Enforcement Training Week."
# # #
Davis
Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga./JUNE 15, 10:40 p.m.
Thank you, Charlie. Attorney General Thornburgh, Dick;
Secretary Brady, Jim; Congressman Lindsay Thomas -- Bo Ginn.
It's a delight to be with you all, so near the Golden Isles of
Georgia.
( (This is such a warm summer day, I think Charlie Rinkevich
should take you all over to Pam's. ))
( (I also understand that there are some in these parts who
believe that the local mosquito -- actually a sand gnat -- is the
Georgia state bird
Not true
although I hear they're
big enough for skeet. ))
( (And speaking of your shooting range, I also hear that a
distinguished graduate of this institution, Shirley Temple Black,
soon to be our ambassador to Czechoslovakia, had an almost
perfect score. Four shots. Right on the target
and the
target was a picture of a tourist with a camera ( (PAUSE) )
Shirley is a great diplomat, but you might want to cancel your
trip to Prague this summer. ))
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When you graduate from the Federal Law-Enforcement Training
Center, you will leave with the knowledge that you have already
confronted the hardest questions any peace officer must face.
You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. You might be a
member of U.S. Customs, the Secret Service, or practically any
federal agency. Or you might be a local or state law enforcer.
But wherever you are from, whatever you do, you wear a badge over
your heart -- a badge of service
a badge of honor.
((PAUSE))
3
This Center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. The bulk of law enforcement is
provided by one partner, the states and localities -- those
closest to the streets and homes of America. The other partner,
the federal government, is best equipped to fight specialized
crimes -- from interdicting drugs on the high seas, to putting
prison stripes on high-rolling crooks in pinstripes. And the
federal government is adept at yet another task -- training.
That is why this Center is so well suited to this special
partnership.
The Center is renowned for its high-tech, state-of-the art
facilities, and many talented instructors. But it is more than
your ample resources and your excellent faculty that make Glynco
one of the most unique law-enforcement training facilities in the
world. It is also your singular and unwavering commitment to
fighting crime. You teach many agencies, but you are one academy
with one purpose -- to catch today's criminals with tomorrow's
methods, to lift the shadow of fear from America.
Here, investigators learn how to track down insurance or
telecommunications fraud, money laundering, or computer crimes.
Glynco's Financial Fraud Institute will allow agencies to keep up
with a boom industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar
crime.
4
Here, state law enforcers work with federal agents to learn
how to crack a drug ring.
Here, U.S. Ambassadors learn to recognize and avoid
terrorists. Investigators and regulators learn how to work
together to track down those who would poison our lakes and
rivers.
Nowhere else do law enforcers from so many agencies train
together. You may be a security officer from the State
Department or a U.S. Marshall. At this Center you learn that
there are many agencies that fight crime; but you are all members
of one team, the united forces of justice.
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause
and shared sacrifice.
Thirty-nine names, thirty-nine slain federal officers
all
were graduates of this Center.
Among the names is one I know well -- Ariel Rios, a Special
Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Ariel
graduated from the Center in March, 1979. And he was shot to
death while working undercover in South Florida in December,
1982.
5
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
been killed in the past ten years. That is almost one death
almost every two days. One death for every two days.
Well, I am here today to deliver a message. I said it in
New York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. I
came here, to Georgia, to lay a wreath and to repeat a warning --
better that you had never been born than to attack one of
America's finest.
So I have also come here to send a message to Congress: we
can work together to protect those who protect us. ((PAUSE)) On
May 15, I proposed the following measures to back you up -- on
the streets and in the courtroom.
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
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crimes involving violence or drugs. Those who use a semi-
automatic weapon in federal crimes -- or so much as have one
during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10 years
in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No probation. And
no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals, not on the
criminal justice system. ( (PAUSE))
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney General to advise America's federal prosecutors to end
plea bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our
message to the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll
pack you away. ((PAUSE))
Third, when a criminal commits a crime with a gun -- and
someone dies -- justice demands something in return -- the
ultimate penalty -- death. ((PAUSE)) I call on governors to
match this federal initiative and propose these same three
standards at home -- mandatory time, no deals without cooperation
and the death penalty.
Fourth -- At my direction, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms suspended the importation of certain assault
weapons. A-T-F is continuing its examination to determine which
-- if any -- of these weapons are not acceptable under the
standards in existing law. At the conclusion of this study --
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and after careful consideration -- we will permanently ban any
imports that don't measure up to these standards.
Fifth -- Toward this same end, I am proposing the
prohibition of the importation and manufacture of gun magazines
of more than 15 rounds for citizens' use.
Finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of 825 new
federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshals. These new law
enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors and staff.
We are asking for an additional $1 billion -- over and above $500
million already slated for 1990 -- for federal prison
construction. This will mean 24,000 new beds to boost federal
prison capacity by nearly 80 percent.
In short, I am proposing more law enforcers to catch
criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to keep
them off the streets. ((PAUSE))
Glynco plays a major role in this war on crime. To say it
exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a forgivable
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can be known only by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
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In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold so dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No.
044414 ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
89 JUN 14 P5: 12
6/14/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
WINSTON
CARD
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 14, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
MARK DAVIS
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
or
SUBJECT:
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
I. SUMMARY -- You will address the faculty and students -- about
2,000 people -- at FLETC, known locally as "the Center," at
Glynco, Georgia. Operated by Treasury, the Center trains law
enforcers from virtually every federal agency. About ten percent
of the students are from state and local police forces.
II. DISCUSSION -- The Center will serve as the backdrop to your
signing the transmittal message on your crime package --
dramatizing a commitment to protecting those who protect us.
#
#
#
Davis
Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga./JUNE 5, 10:40 p.m.
Thank you, Charlie. Good to see Bo Ginn. It's a delight to
be so near the Golden Isles of Georgia.
( (JOKES TO COME. ))
When you graduate from the Federal Law-Enforcement Training
Center, you will leave with the knowledge that you have already
confronted the hardest questions any peace officer must face.
You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
2
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. You might be a
member of U.S. Customs, the Secret Service, or practically any
federal agency. Or you might be a local or state law enforcer.
But wherever you are from, whatever you do, you wear a badge over
your heart -- a badge of service
a badge of honor.
((PAUSE) )
This Center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. The bulk of law enforcement is
provided by one partner, the states and localities -- those
closest to the streets and homes of America. The other partner,
the federal government, is best equipped to fight specialized
crimes -- from interdicting drugs on the high seas, to putting
prison stripes on high-rolling crooks in pinstripes. And the
federal government is adept at yet another task -- training.
That is why this Center is so well suited to this special
partnership.
The Center is renowned for its high-tech, state-of-the art
facilities, and many talented instructors. But it is more than
your ample resources and your excellent faculty that make Glynco
one of the most unique law-enforcement training facilities in the
3
world. It is also your singular and unwavering commitment to
fighting crime. You teach many agencies, but you are one academy
with one purpose -- to catch today's criminals with tomorrow's
methods, to lift the shadow of fear from America.
Here, investigators learn how to track down insurance or
telecommunications fraud, money laundering, or computer crimes.
Glynco's Financial Fraud Institute will allow agencies to keep up
with a boom industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar
crime.
Here, state law enforcers work with federal agents to learn
how to crack a drug ring.
Here, U.S. Ambassadors learn to recognize and avoid
terrorists. Investigators and regulators learn how to work
together to track down those who would poison our lakes and
rivers.
Nowhere else do law enforcers from so many agencies train
together. You may be a security officer from the State
Department or a U.S. Marshall. At this Center you learn that
there are many agencies that fight crime; but you are all members
of one team, the united forces of justice.
4
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause
and shared sacrifice.
Thirty-nine names, thirty-nine slain federal officers
all
were graduates of this Center.
Among the names is one I know well -- Ariel Rios, a Special
Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Ariel
graduated from the Center in March, 1979. And he was shot to
death while working undercover in South Florida in December,
1982.
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
been killed in the past ten years. That is almost one death
almost every two days. One death for every two days.
Well, I am here today to deliver a message. I said it in
New York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. I
5
came here, to Georgia, to lay a wreath and to repeat this message
-- let the whole world know, hunting season is over. doesn't like
analogy between
I have also come here to send a message to Congress: we can
nunting $ killing people
work together to protect those who protect us. ( (PAUSE))
I have come here today to sign a transmittal, an official
message to Congress detailing our crime package. Usually, this
would entail nothing more than a quick flourish of the pen, and
then sending an aide on a ten-minute car ride down Pennsylvania
Avenue to Capitol Hill. But when it comes to fighting crime, you
deserve more than business as usual. That is why I have come
almost a thousand miles to the Center, to let you know we intend
to back you where it counts -- on the streets and in the
courtroom. ((Acknowledge sponsors) )
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
crimes involving violence or drugs. Those who use a semi-
automatic weapon in federal crimes -- or so much as have one
during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10 years
in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No probation. And
no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals, not on the
criminal justice system. ( (PAUSE) )
6
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney General to advise America's federal prosecutors to end
plea bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our
message to the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll
pack you away. ((PAUSE))
Third, when a criminal commits a crime with a gun -- and
someone dies -- justice demands something in return -- the
ultimate penalty -- death. ((PAUSE)) I call on governors to
match this federal initiative and propose these same three
standards at home -- mandatory time, no deals without cooperation
and the death penalty.
Fourth -- At my direction, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms suspended the importation of certain assault
weapons. A-T-F is continuing its examination to determine which
-- if any -- of these weapons are not acceptable under the
standards in existing law. At the conclusion of this study --
and after careful consideration -- we will permanently ban any
imports that don't measure up to these standards.
Fifth -- Toward this same and end, I am proposing the
stet
prohibition of the importation, manufacture sale or rans fer of
gun magazines of more than 15 rounds for citizens' use.
7
Finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of 825 new
federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshals. These new law
enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors and staff.
We are asking for an additional $1 billion -- over and above $500
million already slated for 1990 -- for federal prison
construction. This will mean 24,000 new beds to boost federal
prison capacity by nearly 80 percent.
In short, I am proposing more law enforcers to catch
criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to keep
them off the streets. ((PAUSE))
Glynco plays a major role in this war on crime: To say it
exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a forgivable
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can be known only by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold so dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
044414SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6/13/89
DATE:
A'CTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 6/13/89 5:00 PM
SUBJECT:
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, GLYNCO, GEORGIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN Factual changes
STUDDERT N/C
in by 5:30p.m
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN N/C
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON out of affice
until 6:00 pm
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 5:00 PM, TODAY, June 13, 1989, with
an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis
1903 JUN 10 5012
Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Two Two but
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga./JUNE 14, 10:40 p.m.
Thank you, ((Acknowledgements)). It's a delight to be so
near the Golden Isles of Georgia. BoGinn
(You may be surprised to know that my grandkids begged me
to let them come to this speech. You see, they heard I would be
addressing the smurfs
Kidding aside when you graduate from the Federal Law-
Enforcement Training Center, you will leave with the knowledge
that you have already confronted the hardest questions any peace
officer must face. You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
2
When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. You might be a
member of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs, the Secret Service, or
practically any federal agency. Or you might be a local or state
law enforcer. But wherever you are from, whatever you do, you
wear a badge over your heart -- a badge of service
and a
badge of honor.
This Center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. One partner the federal
government is best equipped to fight specialized crimes -- from
interdicting drugs on the high seas, to catching a high-rolling
tycoon of thievery. But the bulk of law enforcement is provided
by the states and localities -- those closest to the streets and
homes of America.
That is why this Center is so well suited to
this special partnership, because it directs the vast resources
of the federal government to train law enforcers and officials at
all
every level.
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how to track down insurance or telecommunications fraud, money
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laundering, or computer crimes Glynco's Computer and Economic
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industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar crime.
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to learn how to crack a drug ring
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agencies train together. You may be a Texas Ranger a Customs
officer or a security officer from the State Department. But you
here you learn that there are many agencies that fight crime; but
you are all members of one team, the united forces of justice.
4
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause
and shared sacrifice.
Thirty five are the names of state and local law enforcers slain
in the line of duty. Thirty-nine are the names of slain federal
and
officers, All were graduates of this Center.
Among the names is one I know well -- Ariel Rios, a Special
Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Ariel
graduated from the Center in March, 1979. And he was shot to
Decemb 1982.
death while working undercover in South Florida in (year).
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
Almost
been killed in the past ten years. That is one death almost
every two days. One death for every two days.
Well, I am here today to deliver a message. I said it in
New York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. I
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that I unveiled on May 15, a set of measures intended to back you
where it counts -- on the streets and in the courtroom.
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
crimes involving violence or drugs. afederal The math is simple those
who use a semi-automatic weapon for crime -- or so much as have
one during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10
years in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No
probation. And no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals,
not on the criminal justice system. ( (PAUSE))
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney General to advise America Sectoral S prosecutors to end plea
bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our message to
the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll pack you away.
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300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshals. These new law
enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors and staff.
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criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to put
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Glynco plays a major role in this war on crime. To say it
exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a forgivable gross
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can only be known by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold so dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
#
#
#
044414SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
89 JUN 14 A8: 37
DATE: 6/13/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 6/13/89 5:00 PM
SUBJECT:
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, GLYNCO, GEORGIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 5:00 PM, TODAY, June 13, 1989, with
an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See changes
(1) Para's
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
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Davis
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Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga./JUNE 14, 10:40 p.m.
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near the Golden Isles of Georgia.
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Enforcement Training Center, you will leave with the knowledge
that you have already confronted the hardest questions any peace
officer must face. You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
whether
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
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When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
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wear a badge over your heart -- a badge of service
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homes of America. That is why this Center is so well suited to
this special partnership, because it directs the vast resources
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Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
been killed in the past ten years. That is one death almost
every two days. One death for every two days.
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This afternoon, I will transmit to the Congress a package
that I unveiled on May 15, a set of measures intended to back you
where it counts -- on the streets and in the courtroom.
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
crimes involving violence or drugs. The math is simple -- those
who use a semi-automatic weapon for crime -- or so much as have
serve
one during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10
years in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No
probation. And no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals,
not on the criminal justice system. ((PAUSE))
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney General to advise America's prosecutors to end plea
bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our message to
the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll pack you away.
((PAUSE))
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Third, when a criminal carries a gun -- and someone dies --
justice demands something in return -- the ultimate penalty, &
life for a life. ((PAUSE))
I call on governors to match this federal initiative and
propose these same three standards at home -- mandatory time, no
deals without cooperation and the death penalty.
Fourth ⑉⑈ I have asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to determine how we can best ban the importation of
assault weapons. You know what I'm taking about -- the kinds of
weapons that are useless to hunters, the kinds of weapons that
can only blast, level and destroy. ((PAUSE))
Fifth -- Toward this same end, I propose the prohibition of
the importation, manufacture, sale or transfer of gun magazines
of more than 15 rounds.
Finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of 825 new
federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshale. These new law
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exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a gross
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can only be known by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold 50 dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. \For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
#
#
044414SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6/13/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE COMMENT DUES 6/13/89 5:00 PM
SUBJECT:
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, GLYNCO, GEORGIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 5:00 PM, TODAY, June 13, 1989, with
an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments attached.
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Fourth -- I' have asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms to study whether assault weapons meet the
importation criteria of existing law. When that study is
completed we will make permanent the temporary suspension
of any imported assault weapons that fail to meet the criteria.
Replacement paragraph on page 6 -- paragraph 3.
Glynco Georgia, Speech.
044414SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6/13/89
89 JUN 14 A10: 46
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 6/13/89 5:00 PM
SUBJECT:
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, GLYNCO, GEORGIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 5:00 PM, TODAY, June 13, 1989, with
an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
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6/14
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis
Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga. /JUNE 14, 10:40 p.m.
Thank you, ((Acknowledgements) ) It's a delight to be so
near the Golden Isles of Georgia. And, I'm pleased tosse
Bu Ginn here.
((You may be surprised to know that my grandkids begged me
to let them come to this speech. You see, they heard I would be
addressing the "smurfs
))
Kidding aside, when you graduate from the Federal Law-
Enforcement Training Center, you will leave with the knowledge
that you have already confronted the hardest questions any peace
officer must face. You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
2
When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. You might be a
member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Customs, the Secret Service, or
practically any federal agency. Or you might be a local or state
law enforcer. But wherever you are from, whatever you do, you
wear a badge over your heart -- a badge of service
and a
badge of honor.
This Center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. One partner, the federal
government, is best equipped to fight specialized crimes -- from
interdicting drugs on the high seas, to catching a high-rolling
tycoon of thievery. But the bulk of law enforcement is provided
by the states and localities -- those closest to the streets and
homes of America. That is why this Center is so well suited to
this special partnership, because it directs the vast resources
of the federal government to train law enforcers and officials at
every level.
No single agency could pool together the high-tech, state-
of-the art facilities, or the variety of talented instructors
3
that this Center has. But it is more than your ample resources
and your excellent faculty that make Glynco the most unique law-
enforcement training facility in the world. You are unique
because you are one -- one academy, one purpose -- to catch
today's criminals with tomorrow's methods, to lift the shadow of
fear from the streets of America.
Where else can an investigator from (a state agency) learn
how to track down insurance or telecommunications fraud, money
laundering, or computer crimes? Glynco's Computer and Economic
Crime Division will allow agencies to keep up with a boom
industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar crime.
Where else can state law enforcers work with federal agents
to learn how to crack a drug ring?
Where else can United States Ambassadors learn to recognize
and avoid terrorists? Or a state investigator learn to work with
federal regulators to track down those who would poison our lakes
and rivers?
Nowhere else. Nowhere else do law enforcers from so many
agencies train together. You may be a Texas Ranger, a Customs
officer or a security officer from the State Department. But you
here you learn that there are many agencies that fight crime; but
you are all members of one team, the united forces of justice.
4
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause
and shared sacrifice.
Thirty-five are the names of state and local law enforcers slain
in the line of duty. Thirty-nine are the names of slain federal
officers. All were graduates of this Center.
Among the names is one I know well -- Ariel Rios, a Special
Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Ariel
graduated from the Center in March, 1979. And he was shot to
death while working undercover in South Florida in (year).
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
been killed in the past ten years. That is one death almost
every two days. One death for every two days.
Well, I am here today to deliver a message. I said it in
New York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. I
5
came here, to Georgia, to lay a wreath and to repeat this message
-- let the whole world know, hunting season is over.
This afternoon, I will transmit to the Congress a package
that I unveiled on May 15, a set of measures intended to back you
where it counts -- on the streets and in the courtroom.
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
crimes involving violence or drugs. The math is simple -- those
who use a semi-automatic weapon for crime -- or so much as have
one during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10
years in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No
probation. And no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals,
not on the criminal justice system. ( (PAUSE))
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney-General to advise America's prosecutors to end plea
bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our message to
the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll pack you away.
((PAUSE))
6
Third, when a criminal carries a gun -- and someone dies --
justice demands something in return -- the ultimate penalty, a
life for a life. ((PAUSE))
I call on governors to match this federal initiative and
propose these same three standards at home -- mandatory time, no
deals without cooperation and the death penalty.
Fourth -- I have asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to determine how we can best ban the importation of
assault weapons. You know what I'm taking about -- the kinds of
weapons that are useless to hunters, the kinds of weapons that
can only blast, level and destroy. ((PAUSE))
Fifth -- Toward this same end, I propose the prohibition of
the importation, manufacture, sale or transfer of gun magazines
of more than 15 rounds.
Finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of 825 new
federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshals. These new law
enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors and staff.
We are asking for an additional $1 billion -- over and above $500
million already slated for 1990 -- for federal prison
construction. This will mean 24,000 new beds to boost federal
prison capacity by nearly 80 percent.
7
In short, I am proposing more law enforcers to catch
criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to put
them away. ((PAUSE))
Glynco plays a major role in this war on crime. To say it
exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a gross
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can only be known by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold so dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE house
89 JUN 13 PS: 27
June 13, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH BOD
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks -- Law Enforcement
Training Center; Glynco, GA
I have reviewed the remarks for the President's visit to the Law
Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. I suggest that
you make the indicated changes to page six. These changes are
necessary to avoid having the President prejudge an ongoing BATF
study. The statement as it stands may also have an adverse
effect on current litigation involving the status of importation
of "assault weapons."
CC: James W. Cicconi
Davis
Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga./JUNE 14, 10:40 p.m.
Thank you, ((Acknowledgements)). It's a delight to be so
near the Golden Isles of Georgia.
((You may be surprised to know that my grandkids begged me
to let them come to this speech. You see, they heard I would be
addressing the "smurfs"
))
Kidding aside, when you graduate from the Federal Law-
Enforcement Training Center, you will' leave with the knowledge
that you have already confronted the hardest questions any peace
officer must face. You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
2
When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. You might be a
member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Customs, the Secret Service, or
practically any federal agency. Or you might be a local or state
law enforcer. But wherever you are from, whatever you do, you
wear a badge over your heart -- a badge of service
and a
badge of honor.
This Center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. One partner, the federal
government, is best equipped to fight specialized crimes -- from
interdicting drugs on the high seas, to catching a high-rolling
tycoon of thievery. But the bulk of law enforcement is provided
by the states and localities -- those closest to the streets and
homes of America. That is why this Center is so well suited to
this special partnership, because it directs the vast resources
of the federal government to train law enforcers and officials at
every level.
No single agency could pool together the high-tech, state-
of-the art facilities, or the variety of talented instructors
3
that this Center has. But it is more than your ample resources
and your excellent faculty that make Glynco the most unique law-
enforcement training facility in the world. You are unique
because you are one -- one academy, one purpose -- to catch
today's criminals with tomorrow's methods, to lift the shadow of
fear from the streets of America.
Where else can an investigator from (a state agency) learn
how to track down insurance or telecommunications fraud, money
laundering, or computer crimes? Glynco's Computer and Economic
Crime Division will allow agencies to keep up with a boom
industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar crime.
Where else can state law enforcers work with federal agents
to learn how to crack a drug ring?
Where else can United States Ambassadors learn to recognize
and avoid terrorists? Or a state investigator learn to work with
federal regulators to track down those who would poison our lakes
and rivers?
Nowhere else. Nowhere else do law enforcers from so many
agencies train together. You may be a Texas Ranger, a Customs
officer or a security officer from the State Department. But you
here you learn that there are many agencies that fight crime; but
you are all members of one team, the united forces of justice.
4
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause
and shared sacrifice.
Thirty-five are the names of state and local law enforcers slain
in the line of duty. Thirty-nine are the names of slain federal
officers. All were graduates of this Center.
Among the names is one I know well -- Ariel Rios, a Special
Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Ariel
graduated from the Center in March, 1979. And he was shot to
death while working undercover in South Florida in (year).
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
been killed in the past ten years. That is one death almost
every two days. One death for every two days.
Well, I am here today to deliver a message. I said it in
New York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. I
5
came here, to Georgia, to lay a wreath and to repeat this message
-- let the whole world know, hunting season is over.
This afternoon, I will transmit to the Congress a package
that I unveiled on May 15, a set of measures intended to back you
where it counts -- on the streets and in the courtroom.
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
crimes involving violence or drugs. The math is simple -- those
who use a semi-automatic weapon for crime -- or so much as have
one during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10
years in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No
probation. And no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals,
not on the criminal justice system. ( (PAUSE))
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney-General to advise America's prosecutors to end plea
bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our message to
the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll pack you away.
((PAUSE) )
6
Third, when a criminal carries a gun -- and someone dies --
justice demands something in return -- the ultimate penalty, a
life for a life. ( (PAUSE))
I call on governors to match this federal initiative and
propose these same three standards at home -- mandatory time, no
deals without cooperation and the death penalty.
that do not meet the "sporting purposes" test applied by the BATF.
Fourth -- I have asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to determine how we can best ban the importation of
assault weapons You know what I'm taking about the kinds of
weapons that are useless to hunters, the kinds of weapons that
can only blast, level and destroy. ((PAUSE))
Fifth -- Toward this same end, I propose the prohibition of
the importation, manufacture, sale or transfer of gun magazines
of more than 15 rounds.
Finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of 825 new
federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshals. These new law
enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors and staff.
We are asking for an additional $1 billion -- over and above $500
million already slated for 1990 -- for federal prison
construction. This will mean 24,000 new beds to boost federal
prison capacity by nearly 80 percent.
7
In short, I am proposing more law enforcers to catch
criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to put
them away. ( (PAUSE) )
Glynco plays a major role in this war on crime. To say it
exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a gross
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can only be known by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold so dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
#
#
#
044414SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 6/13/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BYJ 6/13/89 P5:39 5:00 39 PM
SUBJECT:
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, GLYNCO, GEORGIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm.
122, x2930, no later than 5:00 PM, TODAY, June 13, 1989, with
an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments attached.
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Treasury - - 566-8773- Desere'
Davis
1900 JUN 13 5012
Date: June 12, 1989
Title: Georgia
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, Ga./JUNE 14, 10:40 p.m.
Thank you, ( (Acknowledgements) ) It's a delight to be so
near the Golden Isles of Georgia.
((You may be surprised to know that my grandkids begged me
to let them come to this speech. You see, they heard I would be
addressing the "smurfs"
))
Kidding aside, when you graduate from the Federal Law-
Enforcement Training Center, you will leave with the knowledge
that you have already confronted the hardest questions any peace
officer must face. You will have already been tested under fire.
You will know, from the Firearm Training Center, whether or
not you would shoot when you must shoot, and if you would hold
your fire when the apparent bank robber turns out to be a child
with a toy gun. You will know from "Hogan's Alley" just how fast
your reaction time really is. In short, you will have been tried
and tested, all of your reflexes -- physical, mental and moral.
2
When you return to duty -- whether your duty is at a Federal
Courthouse in Atlanta, the mountain hollows of West Virginia or
the city streets of New York, you will take with you a confidence
and a self-assurance that can only be earned, never bestowed.
You might guard a NASA rocket, a witness under the threat of
a murder contract, or a visiting Prime Minister. You might be a
member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Customs, the Secret Service, or
practically any federal agency. Or you might be a local or state
law enforcer. But wherever you are from, whatever you do, you
wear a badge over your heart -- a badge of service
and a
badge of honor.
This Center is dedicated to a special partnership between
every man and woman with a badge. One partner, the federal
government, is best equipped to fight specialized crimes -- from
interdicting drugs on the high seas, to catching a high-rolling
tycoon of thievery. But the bulk of law enforcement is provided
by the states and localities -- those closest to the streets and
homes of America. That is why this Center is so well suited to
this special partnership, because it directs the vast resources
of the federal government to train law enforcers and officials at
every level.
No single agency could pool together the high-tech, state-
of-the art facilities, or the variety of talented instructors
3
that this Center has. But it is more than your ample resources
and your excellent faculty that make Glynco the most unique law-
enforcement training facility in the world. You are unique
because you are one -- one academy, one purpose -- to catch
today's criminals with tomorrow's methods, to lift the shadow of
fear from the streets of America.
Where else can an investigator from (a state agency) learn
how to track down insurance or telecommunications fraud, money
laundering, or computer crimes? Glynco's Computer and Economic
Crime Division will allow agencies to keep up with a boom
industry -- the quiet larcenies of white-collar crime. Crime in
thesuits is just as corrupting as crime in the streets. Zemphosi
Where else can state law enforcers work with federal agents
to learn how to crack a drug ring?
Where else can United States Ambassadors learn to recognize
and avoid terrorists? Or a state investigator learn to work with
federal regulators to track down those who would poison our lakes
and rivers?
Nowhere else. Nowhere else do law enforcers from so many
agencies train together. You may be a Texas Ranger, a Customs
officer or a security officer from the State Department. But
here you learn that there are many agencies that fight crime; but
you are all members of one team, the united forces of justice.
4
The Peace Officers Memorial here at Glynco is a somber
reminder of this shared cause
and shared sacrifice.
Thirty-five are the names of state and local law enforcers slain
in the line of duty. Thirty-nine are the names of slain federal
officers. All were graduates of this Center.
Among the names is one I know well -- Ariel Rios, a Special
Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Ariel
graduated from the Center in March, 1979. And he was shot to
death while working undercover in South Florida in
December 2, 1982.
Julie Cross, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service -- her name
marks a poignant distinction. When she was killed in Los Angeles
in June, 1980, while working a criminal counterfeit
investigation, Julie became the first female Secret Service Agent
to die in the line of duty.
Sadly, these are not the only names of slain officers. Of
161 officers killed in the line of duty last year, 152 were state
or local officers. More than 1,500 law enforcement officers have
been killed in the past ten years. That is one death almost
every two days. One death for every two days.
Well, I am here today to deliver a message. I said it in
New York, after the murder of Special Agent Everett Hatcher. I
5
came here, to Georgia, to lay a wreath and to repeat this message
-- let the whole world know, hunting season is over.
This afternoon, I will transmit to the Congress a package
that I unveiled on May 15, a set of measures intended to back you
where it counts -- on the streets and in the courtroom.
First, I call on Congress to do for dangerous firearms what
it has wisely done for dangerous drugs. I propose to double the
mandatory penalties for the use of semi-automatic weapons in
crimes involving violence or drugs. The math is simple -- those
who use a semi-automatic weapon for crime -- or so much as have
one during the commission of a crime -- will do an automatic 10
years in federal prison. There will be no excuses. No
probation. And no parole. Let's put the handcuffs on criminals,
not on the criminal justice system. ( (PAUSE))
Secondly, we can't plea bargain away the lives of your loved
ones, the lives of fellow cops and kids. I have directed the
Attorney-General to advise America's prosecutors to end plea
bargaining for violent federal firearms offenses. Our message to
the common criminal is this: Pack a gun and we'll pack you away.
( (PAUSE))
6
Third, when a criminal carries a gun -- and someone dies --
justice demands something in return -- the ultimate penalty, a
life for a life. ((PAUSE))
I call on governors to match this federal initiative and
propose these same three standards at home -- mandatory time, no
deals without cooperation and the death penalty.
Fourth -- I have asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Study review study the
Firearms to determine how we can best ban the importation of
to determine whether or not they can to used as sporting
assault weapons. You know what I'm taking about -- the kinds of guns.
weapons that are useless to hunters, the kinds of weapons that
can only blast, level and destroy. ((PAUSE)) " Pause))
Fifth -- Toward this same end, I propose the prohibition of
the importation, manufacture, sale or transfer of gun magazines
of more than 15 rounds.
Finally, I am requesting funding for the hiring of 825 new
federal agents and staff -- 375 at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
300 at the FBI and 150 new Deputy U.S. Marshals. These new law
enforcers should be matched by 1,600 new prosecutors and staff.
We are asking for an additional $1 billion -- over and above $500
million already slated for 1990 -- for federal prison
construction. This will mean 24,000 new beds to boost federal
prison capacity by nearly 80 percent.
724-3198
call
gim Jones.
for #
confirmation on
7
In short, I am proposing more law enforcers to catch
criminals; more staff to prosecute them; and more prisons to put
them away. ((PAUSE))
Glynco plays a major role in this war on crime. To say it
exists to "foster interagency cooperation" is a gross
understatement. It creates a bond between you and your
roommates, your classmates, your fellow officers of the law.
This is a bond that can only be known by those who put themselves
on the line every day in the service of a great cause.
In a country where criminals threaten to erode the very
liberties we hold so dear, you are domestic freedom fighters in
the war on crime. For this reason, you have a friend in the Oval
Office, and the gratitude and support of the American people.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
#
#
#
FILE
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FED. LAW-ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING CENTER
GLYNCO, GA
JUNE 15, 10:40 P.M.
THANK YOU, CHARLIE. ATTORNEY GENERAL THORNBURGH,
DICK; SECRETARY BRADY, JIM; CONGRESSMAN LINDSAY
THOMAS -- Bo GINN. IT'S A DELIGHT TO BE WITH YOU ALL,
SO NEAR THE GOLDEN ISLES OF GEORGIA.
((THIS IS SUCH A WARM SUMMER DAY, I THINK CHARLIE
RINKEVICH SHOULD TAKE YOU ALL OVER TO PAM'S.))
- 2 -
((I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME IN THESE
PARTS WHO BELIEVE THAT THE LOCAL MOSQUITO -- ACTUALLY A
SAND GNAT -- IS THE GEORGIA STATE BIRD
NOT TRUE
ALTHOUGH I HEAR THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH FOR SKEET.))
((AND SPEAKING OF YOUR SHOOTING RANGE, I ALSO HEAR
THAT A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THIS INSTITUTION,
SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK, SOON TO BE OUR AMBASSADOR TO
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HAD AN ALMOST PERFECT SCORE. FOUR
SHOTS.
- 3 -
RIGHT ON THE TARGET
AND THE TARGET WAS A PICTURE
OF A TOURIST WITH A CAMERA ((PAUSE)). SHIRLEY IS A
GREAT DIPLOMAT, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CANCEL YOUR TRIP
TO PRAGUE THIS SUMMER.))
WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM THE FEDERAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING CENTER, YOU WILL LEAVE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE ALREADY CONFRONTED THE HARDEST QUESTIONS ANY
PEACE OFFICER MUST FACE. You WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN
TESTED UNDER FIRE.
- 4 -
You WILL KNOW, FROM THE FIREARM TRAINING CENTER,
WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD SHOOT WHEN YOU MUST SHOOT, AND
IF YOU WOULD HOLD YOUR FIRE WHEN THE APPARENT BANK
ROBBER TURNS OUT TO BE A CHILD WITH A TOY GUN. You
WILL KNOW FROM "HOGAN'S ALLEY" JUST HOW FAST YOUR
REACTION TIME REALLY IS. IN SHORT, YOU WILL HAVE BEEN
TRIED AND TESTED, ALL OF YOUR REFLEXES -- PHYSICAL,
MENTAL AND MORAL.
- 5 -
WHEN YOU RETURN TO DUTY -- WHETHER YOUR DUTY IS AT
A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN ATLANTA, THE MOUNTAIN HOLLOWS
OF WEST VIRGINIA OR THE CITY STREETS OF NEW YORK, YOU
WILL TAKE WITH YOU A CONFIDENCE AND A SELF-ASSURANCE
THAT CAN ONLY BE EARNED, NEVER BESTOWED.
You MIGHT GUARD A NASA ROCKET, A WITNESS UNDER THE
THREAT OF A MURDER CONTRACT, OR A VISITING PRIME
MINISTER. You MIGHT BE A MEMBER OF U.S. CUSTOMS, THE
SECRET SERVICE, OR PRACTICALLY ANY FEDERAL AGENCY.
- 6 -
OR YOU MIGHT BE A LOCAL OR STATE LAW ENFORCER. BUT
WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM, WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU WEAR A
BADGE OVER YOUR HEART -- A BADGE OF SERVICE
A
BADGE OF HONOR. ((PAUSE))
THIS CENTER IS DEDICATED TO A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WITH A BADGE. THE BULK OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PROVIDED BY ONE PARTNER, THE STATES
AND LOCALITIES -- THOSE CLOSEST TO THE STREETS AND
HOMES OF AMERICA.
- 7 -
THE OTHER PARTNER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IS BEST
EQUIPPED TO FIGHT SPECIALIZED CRIMES -- FROM
INTERDICTING DRUGS ON THE HIGH SEAS, TO PUTTING PRISON
STRIPES ON HIGH-ROLLING CROOKS IN PINSTRIPES. AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ADEPT AT YET ANOTHER TASK --
TRAINING. THAT IS WHY THIS CENTER IS so WELL SUITED TO
THIS SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP.
THE CENTER IS RENOWNED FOR ITS HIGH-TECH, STATE-OF-
THE ART FACILITIES, AND MANY TALENTED INSTRUCTORS.
- 8 -
BUT IT IS MORE THAN YOUR AMPLE RESOURCES AND YOUR
EXCELLENT FACULTY THAT MAKE GLYNCO ONE OF THE MOST
UNIQUE LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITIES IN THE
WORLD. IT IS ALSO YOUR SINGULAR AND UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING CRIME. You TEACH MANY AGENCIES,
BUT YOU ARE ONE ACADEMY WITH ONE PURPOSE -- TO CATCH
TODAY'S CRIMINALS WITH TOMORROW'S METHODS, TO LIFT THE
SHADOW OF FEAR FROM AMERICA.
- 9 -
HERE, INVESTIGATORS LEARN HOW TO TRACK DOWN
INSURANCE OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FRAUD, MONEY
LAUNDERING, OR COMPUTER CRIMES. GLYNCO'S FINANCIAL
FRAUD INSTITUTE WILL ALLOW AGENCIES TO KEEP UP WITH A
BOOM INDUSTRY -- THE QUIET LARCENIES OF WHITE-COLLAR
CRIME.
HERE, STATE LAW ENFORCERS WORK WITH FEDERAL AGENTS
TO LEARN HOW TO CRACK A DRUG RING.
- 10 -
HERE, U.S. AMBASSADORS LEARN TO RECOGNIZE AND AVOID
TERRORISTS. INVESTIGATORS AND REGULATORS LEARN HOW TO
WORK TOGETHER TO TRACK DOWN THOSE WHO WOULD POISON OUR
LAKES AND RIVERS.
NOWHERE ELSE DO LAW ENFORCERS FROM so MANY AGENCIES
TRAIN TOGETHER. You MAY BE A SECURITY OFFICER FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OR A U.S. MARSHALL.
- 11 -
AT THIS CENTER YOU LEARN THAT THERE ARE MANY AGENCIES
THAT FIGHT CRIME; BUT YOU ARE ALL MEMBERS OF ONE TEAM,
THE UNITED FORCES OF JUSTICE.
THE PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL HERE AT GLYNCO IS A
SOMBER REMINDER OF THIS SHARED CAUSE
AND SHARED
SACRIFICE. THIRTY-NINE NAMES, THIRTY-NINE SLAIN
FEDERAL OFFICERS
ALL WERE GRADUATES OF THIS
CENTER.
- 12 -
AMONG THE NAMES IS ONE I KNOW WELL -- ARIEL RIOS, A
SPECIAL AGENT OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND
FIREARMS. ARIEL GRADUATED FROM THE CENTER IN MARCH,
1979. AND HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH WHILE WORKING
UNDERCOVER IN SOUTH FLORIDA IN DECEMBER, 1982.
JULIE CROSS, SPECIAL AGENT, U.S. SECRET SERVICE --
HER NAME MARKS A POIGNANT DISTINCTION.
- 13 -
WHEN SHE WAS KILLED IN Los ANGELES IN JUNE, 1980, WHILE
WORKING A CRIMINAL COUNTERFEIT INVESTIGATION, JULIE
BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SECRET SERVICE AGENT TO DIE IN
THE LINE OF DUTY.
SADLY, THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY NAMES OF SLAIN
OFFICERS. OF 161 OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
LAST YEAR, 152 WERE STATE OR LOCAL OFFICERS.
- 14 -
MORE THAN 1,500 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN THE PAST TEN YEARS. THAT IS ALMOST ONE DEATH
ALMOST EVERY TWO DAYS. ONE DEATH FOR EVERY TWO DAYS.
WELL, I AM HERE TODAY TO DELIVER A MESSAGE. I SAID
IT IN NEW YORK, AFTER THE MURDER OF SPECIAL AGENT
EVERETT HATCHER. I CAME HERE, TO GEORGIA, TO LAY A
WREATH AND TO REPEAT A WARNING --BETTER THAT YOU HAD
NEVER BEEN BORN THAN TO ATTACK ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST.
- 15 -
So I HAVE ALSO COME HERE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS: WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THOSE WHO
PROTECT US. ((PAUSE))
I HAVE COME HERE TODAY TO SIGN A TRANSMITTAL, AN
OFFICIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS DETAILING OUR CRIME
PACKAGE. USUALLY, THIS WOULD ENTAIL NOTHING MORE THAN
A QUICK FLOURISH OF THE PEN, AND THEN SENDING AN AIDE
ON A TEN-MINUTE CAR RIDE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO
CAPITOL HILL.
- 16 -
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING CRIME, YOU DESERVE MORE
THAN BUSINESS AS USUAL. THAT IS WHY I HAVE COME ALMOST
A THOUSAND MILES TO THE CENTER, TO LET YOU KNOW WE
INTEND TO BACK YOU WHERE IT COUNTS -- ON THE STREETS
AND IN THE COURTROOM.
FIRST, I CALL ON CONGRESS TO DO FOR DANGEROUS
FIREARMS WHAT IT HAS WISELY DONE FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS.
- 17 -
I PROPOSE TO DOUBLE THE MANDATORY PENALTIES FOR THE USE
OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLENCE
OR DRUGS. THOSE WHO USE A SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON IN
FEDERAL CRIMES -- OR SO MUCH AS HAVE ONE DURING THE
COMMISSION OF A CRIME -- WILL DO AN AUTOMATIC 10 YEARS
IN FEDERAL PRISON. THERE WILL BE NO EXCUSES. No
PROBATION. AND NO PAROLE. LET'S PUT THE HANDCUFFS ON
CRIMINALS, NOT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
((PAUSE))
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SECONDLY, WE CAN'T PLEA BARGAIN AWAY THE LIVES OF
YOUR LOVED ONES, THE LIVES OF FELLOW COPS AND KIDS. I
HAVE DIRECTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ADVISE AMERICA'S
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO END PLEA BARGAINING FOR VIOLENT
FEDERAL FIREARMS OFFENSES. OUR MESSAGE TO THE COMMON
CRIMINAL IS THIS: PACK A GUN AND WE'LL PACK YOU AWAY.
((PAUSE))
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THIRD, WHEN A CRIMINAL COMMITS A CRIME WITH A GUN -
- AND SOMEONE DIES -- JUSTICE DEMANDS SOMETHING IN
RETURN -- THE ULTIMATE PENALTY -- DEATH. ((PAUSE)) I
CALL ON GOVERNORS TO MATCH THIS FEDERAL INITIATIVE AND
PROPOSE THESE SAME THREE STANDARDS AT HOME -- MANDATORY
TIME, NO DEALS WITHOUT COOPERATION AND THE DEATH
PENALTY.
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FOURTH -- AT MY DIRECTION, THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL,
TOBACCO AND FIREARMS SUSPENDED THE IMPORTATION OF
CERTAIN ASSAULT WEAPONS. A-T-F IS CONTINUING ITS
EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE WHICH -- IF ANY -- OF THESE
WEAPONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE UNDER THE STANDARDS IN
EXISTING LAW. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS STUDY -- AND
AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION -- WE WILL PERMANENTLY BAN
ANY IMPORTS THAT DON'T MEASURE UP TO THESE STANDARDS.
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FIFTH -- TOWARD THIS SAME END, I AM PROPOSING THE
PROHIBITION OF THE IMPORTATION AND MANUFACTURE OF GUN
MAGAZINES OF MORE THAN 15 ROUNDS FOR CITIZENS' USE.
FINALLY, I AM REQUESTING FUNDING FOR THE HIRING OF
825 NEW FEDERAL AGENTS AND STAFF -- 375 AT ALCOHOL,
TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, 300 AT THE FBI AND 150 NEW DEPUTY
U.S. MARSHALS. THESE NEW LAW ENFORCERS SHOULD BE
MATCHED BY 1,600 NEW PROSECUTORS AND STAFF.
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WE ARE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1 BILLION -- OVER AND
ABOVE $500 MILLION ALREADY SLATED FOR 1990 -- FOR
FEDERAL PRISON CONSTRUCTION. THIS WILL MEAN 24,000 NEW
BEDS TO BOOST FEDERAL PRISON CAPACITY BY NEARLY 80
PERCENT.
IN SHORT, I AM PROPOSING MORE LAW ENFORCERS TO
CATCH CRIMINALS; MORE STAFF TO PROSECUTE THEM; AND MORE
PRISONS TO KEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS. ((PAUSE))
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GLYNCO PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS WAR ON CRIME. To
SAY IT EXISTS TO "FOSTER INTERAGENCY COOPERATION" IS A
FORGIVABLE UNDERSTATEMENT. IT CREATES A BOND BETWEEN
YOU AND YOUR ROOMMATES, YOUR CLASSMATES, YOUR FELLOW
OFFICERS OF THE LAW. THIS IS A BOND THAT CAN BE KNOWN
ONLY BY THOSE WHO PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY
IN THE SERVICE OF A GREAT CAUSE.
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IN A COUNTRY WHERE CRIMINALS THREATEN TO ERODE THE
VERY LIBERTIES WE HOLD SO DEAR, YOU ARE DOMESTIC
FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN THE WAR ON CRIME. FOR THIS REASON,
YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN THE OVAL OFFICE, AND THE GRATITUDE
AND SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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