Back the Badge. Fix the System. Save Lives.
The American Public Safety & Justice Act supports cops, reforms sentencing, fights fentanyl, and funds recovery—all without spending a penny of your tax dollars.
Officers Deserve Better Than Burnout and Body Bags
Police officers are quitting at record rates. Suicide kills more cops than criminals do. They're using outdated gear, skipping meals to afford rent, and stuffing down trauma until it breaks them. This bill says: if we ask you to protect us, we protect you first.
Officer Wellness Fund
Confidential counseling, peer support, suicide prevention, family therapy, and chaplain services. Your file stays private—it can't be used against you.
$200M/yearEvidence-Based Training
De-escalation. Crisis intervention. Constitutional policing. Officers get paid overtime to attend. No funds for "warrior mentality" programs—those are banned.
$500M/yearMaster Peace Officer
A $6,000 annual raise for officers who earn advanced de-escalation certification, keep a clean record, and show real commitment to constitutional policing. Merit, not seniority.
$150M/yearCrisis Co-Responders
Mental health professionals ride along on crisis calls. Cops stop being de facto therapists. People in crisis get the help they actually need. Everyone goes home safe.
$300M/yearEquipment Modernization
Body armor. Body cameras. Radios that actually work. Trauma kits. Small departments (<100 officers) get 100% federal funding. Everyone else gets 75%.
$1B/yearFentanyl Protection
Protective gear, detection equipment, and decontamination kits for every officer who might touch fentanyl. Priority goes to rural departments that can't afford it.
$100M/yearCommunity Liaisons
Dedicated officers building real relationships in neighborhoods—attending community meetings, learning names, connecting people to services. Not just showing up for arrests.
$200M/yearRecruit & Retain
Signing bonuses, student loan help, housing assistance, and childcare support. Because you can't protect the public if you can't fill the squad car.
$200M/yearLock Up Dangerous People. Rehabilitate Everyone Else.
America has 5% of the world's people and 25% of its prisoners. Mandatory minimums for non-violent drug crimes filled our prisons with people who need treatment, not cages. This bill repeals those mandates, funds education and job training behind bars, and gives people a real shot at coming home. Violent criminals, sex offenders, and anyone who hurt a child? They stay locked up. Period.
End Mandatory Minimums for Non-Violent Drug Crimes
Judges get their discretion back. They can look at the whole person—their history, their addiction, their risk—and sentence accordingly. This saves $400–$800 million a year in prison costs alone.
Education & Job Training in Prison
GEDs, vocational trades, IT training, addiction treatment, mental health care, and life skills. Partnerships with colleges, unions, and employers. Because people who learn in prison don't come back to prison.
Reentry That Actually Works
Pre-release planning, transitional housing, job placement, ID document help, and continued substance abuse treatment. Not just a bus ticket and a "good luck."
Record Expungement
After 7 years (misdemeanor) or 10 years (felony) with zero new convictions, non-violent offenders can seal their record. A second chance means a real second chance. Violent crimes, sex offenses, and crimes against kids? Never expunged.
Drug Courts
Treatment instead of prison. Judges supervise recovery with real accountability.
$200M/yrMental Health Courts
People with serious mental illness get treatment plans, not prison cells.
$100M/yrVeterans Courts
Vets with PTSD and substance issues get VA-connected care, not cages.
$100M/yrCompassion & Redemption Across Every Tradition
This bill doesn't favor one faith. It recognizes that virtually every moral tradition on Earth teaches the same thing: people can change, and we owe them the chance.
Fentanyl Is Killing 110 Americans a Day
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin. A dose the size of a few grains of salt can kill you. It's laced into everything—pills, cocaine, counterfeit prescriptions. This bill attacks the supply chain AND the addiction at the same time, because you can't arrest your way out of this and you can't treat your way out of it either. You need both.
🚨 Stop the Supply
Federal Task Force coordinating DEA, FBI, and Treasury to dismantle trafficking networks
Up to 5 Field Offices in the highest-overdose regions of the country
Border tech upgrades: X-ray scanners, canine units, and lab capacity at ports of entry and mail facilities
Precursor fees on chemical handlers to fund enforcement
💚 Heal the People
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) expansion with rural priority—the gold standard for opioid recovery
Community treatment centers for detox, residential care, outpatient, and peer support
Recovery housing, coaches, and family support because sobriety doesn't end at discharge
Naloxone everywhere: first responders, pharmacies, public vending machines, community distribution
Fentanyl test strips legalized under federal law—they're health tools, not paraphernalia
This bill spends ten dollars on healing for every dollar on enforcement. Because you don't solve a health crisis with handcuffs alone—but you don't solve it by ignoring the traffickers either.
Success Isn't Just Arrest Numbers
For too long, we've measured public safety by how many people we locked up. This bill measures something better: are communities actually getting safer? Are officers actually healthier? Are people actually staying out of prison? Are overdoses actually going down? If the numbers don't improve, the programs get cut. That's accountability.
Officer Wellness
Mental health scores, suicide rates, burnout indicators
Community Trust
Public satisfaction with law enforcement in served communities
Use-of-Force
Reduction in force incidents through better training
Recidivism
Do program participants stay out of prison?
Reentry Success
Jobs, housing, and stability after release
Overdose Reduction
Fewer deaths in communities with treatment programs
Crisis Outcomes
Better results when co-responders handle mental health calls
Civic Virtue
Master Peace Officer certifications earned
Costs Taxpayers Nothing
Every dollar comes from criminal fines, asset forfeiture, trafficking penalties, prison savings from shorter sentences, and industry fees. Zero general tax revenue. A hard spending cap. Automatic cuts if revenue falls short. And a 10-year sunset so it can't become a permanent bureaucracy.
Where It Goes (Annual Cap)
Where It Comes From
What This Bill Promises
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