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APPROPRIATIONS:

COPS, Police Block Grants Reduced in Final Budget Agreement, U.S. Mayor, November 21, 2011

Senate Appropriators Approve Deep Cuts in First Responder Programs Next Year, U.S. Mayor, September 19, 2011

Letter from Mayors at Los Angeles Leadership Meeting to House Leadership in support of COPS program funding, July 23, 2011

Letter from Mayors at Los Angeles Leadership Meeting to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership in support of COPS program funding, July 23, 2011

Letter from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayors Cities Chiefs, and Police Executive Research Forum to House Appropriations Committee Leadership in support of COPS and Byrne program funding, July 6, 2011

Letter from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayors Cities Chiefs, and Police Executive Research Forum to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership in support of state and local first responder funding, July 5, 2011

Letter from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayors Cities Chiefs, and Police Executive Research Forum to House Appropriations Committee Leadership in support of state and local first responder m funding, May 19, 2011

Senate Spending Bill to Provide One-third Increase for COPS Hiring Grants, U.S. Mayor, August 2, 2010

In House, Senate FY 2011 Homeland Security Bills, Most Grant Programs Would Be Level-Funded or See Small Increase, U.S. Mayor, July 19, 2010

Homeland Security Appropriations Level-Fund Most Programs, Increase Fire Department Aid, Cut Transportation Security, U.S. Mayor, October 26, 2009

Administration Registers Support for COPS Funding; Pasadena Police Chief to Head COPS Office, U.S. Mayor, October 12, 2009

House, Senate Pass FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations; Most Grant Programs Level-Funded, U.S. Mayor, August 10, 2009

COPS Hiring Grants Would See Major Increase under House Funding Bill, U.S. Mayor, July 13, 2009

COPS PROGRAM:

Letter in Support of Additional COPS Program Funding to the President of the United States, July 9, 2009

FIREFIGHTER GRANTS:

Assistance to Firefighters Grants Application Period – August 15-September 9, Memo to Mayors from Conference CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran, August 15, 2011

SAFER Grants Available -- Applications Due September 17, Memo to Mayors from Conference CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran, August 18, 2010

GUN SAFETY:

Menino Urges Congress to Fix Gun Background Checks, U.S. Mayor, November 21, 2011

Chicago Enacts New Gun Ordinance in Wake of Supreme Court Decision, U.S. Mayor, July 19, 2010

Mayors Support Right to Enact Sensible Gun Legislation, U.S. Mayor, February 1, 2010

U.S. Conference of Mayors Amicus Brief Filed in the Supreme Court in Otis McDonald, et al. v. City of Chicago, et al., January 6, 2010

Thune Concealed Gun Amendment Defeated in Senate; Mayors Across the Country Urged Their Senators to Vote No, U.S. Mayor, July 27, 2009

Call Your Senators to Oppose the Thune Amendment, Action Alert from CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran, July 21, 2009

The Nation’s Mayors Oppose Thune Amendment, Actions to Weaken Gun Safety Laws, Statement from Seattle (WA) Mayor Greg Nickels, U.S. Conference of Mayors President, July 20, 2009

Chicago, Oak Park Gun Bans Upheld by Seventh Circuit; NRA Appeals to Supreme Court, U.S. Mayor, June 2, 2009

Local Gun Laws Tested in Federal Courts; Conference Files Brief in Chicago Case, U.S. Mayor, May 11, 2009

U.S. Conference of Mayors Amicus Brief Filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit in Otis McDonald, et al, and National Rifle Association of America, Inc. et al, v. City of Chicago, et al, and Village of Oak Park, April 24, 2009

IMMIGRATION REFORM:

Action on DREAM Act Still Possible Before Congress Adjourns, U.S. Mayor, December 20, 2010

The DREAM Act, Action Alert from CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran, November 20, 2010

Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in support of the DREAM Act, November 30, 2010

Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in support of the DREAM Act, November 30, 2010

Mayors Call for Quick Passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Phoenix Mayor Gordon Urges Message Taken to White House, Congress, U.S. Mayor, June 28, 2010

Mayors Gordon, DeStefano Discuss Impact of Arizona Law, Call for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, U.S. Mayor, May 24, 2010

Mayors, Administration Respond to Arizona Immigration Law, U.S. Mayor, May 3, 2010

Momentum Growing for Immigration Reform, U.S. Mayor, April 5, 2010

Secretary Napolitano, ICE Assistant Secretary Morton Announce New Immigration Detention Reform Initiatives, U.S. Mayor, October 12, 2009

In Congress and on CNN, Phoenix Mayor Gordon Calls for Increased Federal Support for Federal-Local Partnerships to Disrupt Criminal Activity Along Mexican Border, U.S. Mayor, April 6, 2010

Gordon Leads Mayors on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, U.S. Mayor, February 2, 2010

Quick Action to Achieve Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Policy Resolution Approved by The U.S. Conference of Mayors, January 18, 2009

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS:

House Votes to Reallocate D Block to Public Safety, U.S. Mayor, December 19, 2011

Letter to Senators John D. Rockefeller, IV, Chairman, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, in support of S. 911, July 21, 2011

Letter to Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, Chairman, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, in support of D Block legislation, January 25, 2011

Houston Mayor Parker Delivers USCM’s Call for Quick Passage of Public Safety Communications Bill on Capitol Hill, U.S. Mayor, October 4, 2010

Urge your Senators to Support the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovations Act (S. 3756), Action Alert from CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran, September 23, 2010

Keeping Us Safe: The Need for a Nationwide Public Safety Network, Statement by The Honorable Annise D. Parker, Mayor of Houston and Chair, Committee on Criminal and Social Justice, The United States Conference of Mayors, before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, September 23, 2010

Key Senators Announce Bills to Reallocate D Block to Public Safety, U.S. Mayor, August 2, 2010

Letter to Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, Chairman, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, in support of D Block legislation, July 22, 2010

State-Local Groups Take Spectrum Issues to the Hill, U.S. Mayor, May 24, 2010

State-Local Elected, Public Safety Officials Oppose Spectrum Auction in National Broadband Plan, U.S. Mayor, April 19, 2010

OTHER:

COPS Office: Economy Devastating Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Leading to Fundamental Changes in Delivery of Police Services, U.S. Mayor, November 7, 2011

Senators Form Bi-partisan Law Enforcement Caucus, U.S. Mayor, October 17, 2011

Mayors Across Nation Respond to Occupy Movement, U.S. Mayor, October 17, 2011

Violent Crime Declines for Fourth Straight Year, FBI Reports, U.S. Mayor, October 3, 2011

More than Half of Police Departments Suffer Budget Cuts This Year, More Expected Next Year, U.S. Mayor, October 18, 2010

New FBI Report Shows U.S. Crime Down in 2009, U.S. Mayor, September 20, 2010

NATIONAL ACTION AGENDA ON CRIME FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, August 5-6, 2009

For information about Crime & Homeland Security issues, please contact:

Laura DeKoven Waxman
Director of Public Safety
The U.S. Conference of Mayors
1620 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 861-6754 (w)
(202) 293-2352 (f)
lwaxman@usmayors.org