“You're going to have the backup like you never had it before. We will give the heroes in blue the power to legally protect us and the respect that you deserve. The day I take office is the day that Kamala's crime wave comes to an end.”
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Executive Order 14288 (April 28, 2025) directed the Attorney General to provide legal resources, indemnification, and expanded legal protections for police officers, concrete action on the pledge to give officers legal backing. Homicides and violent crime fell sharply through 2025, with analysts projecting a roughly 20% homicide decline for the year. However, that decline began in 2023, before Trump took office, so official data do not support attributing an end of a 'crime wave' to inauguration day; credit is partial for the police-support actions delivered.
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