Kamala Harris just picked up another important endorsement

Vice President Kamala Harris picked up another stunning endorsement from an important law enforcement group just weeks after the National Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Donald Trump for President. 

The Police Leaders for Community Safety are now standing behind Harris for U.S. President according to a statement from the group that endorsed Harris based on her policies and record prosecuting criminals.  

The Chairwoman of Police Leaders for Community Safety Sue Riseling explained in a statement that the group’s “endorsement reflects Vice President Harris’ track record and unwavering commitment to public safety and the rule of law.”

“As police leaders who have led law enforcement agencies and the major national law enforcement leadership groups, we know first-hand what it will take to make our communities safer – and that includes having Kamala Harris as our next president,” Riseling added. 

The letter went on to quote several law enforcement leaders, including former Sheriff of Dane County Wisconsin David Mahoney, who said that Harris spent her time as a lawmaker fighting for law enforcement and backing policies that were needed to fight crime and protect communities.

“This election will decide the direction of our country on policies critical to the safety of Americans and the health of our democracy,” said Cynthia Herriott, the former police Chief of Rochester, New York. 

“Kamala Harris is someone who stands up to special interests and we can count on her to do the hard work of keeping our communities safe,” Herriott, who is a member of the Board of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, added. 

The Police Leaders for Community Safety is a non-partisan 501(c)4 national advocacy organization that was only recently founded in June 2024 and it claims to represent dozens of nationally recognized police officials according to USA Today. 

Photo Credit: Police Leaders for Community Safety

The Vice President’s latest endorsement comes just weeks after the National Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump, an endorsement that the former president accepted while speaking to the group’s national board of trustees in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

“With your help, we will restore public safety to our streets, we will bring back law and order to our nation, and we will give the heroes in blue the power to legally protect us and the respect that you deserve, more than any other group of people,” Trump said at the meeting according to The Hill. 

In a statement endorsing Trump, the National Fraternal Order of Police noted that the former president’s policies “were directed at improving safety in our communities and the men and women who provide that shield. He has earned and deserves our wholehearted support.”

The Police Leaders for Community Safety’s endorsement of Harris wasn’t the only high-profile endorsement the Vice President picked up in September. More than 100 Republican national security leaders endorsed Harris on September 18th. 

A joint letter issued by national security leaders from the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, George Bush, and even Donald Trump issued a joint letter in which they endorsed the Vice President over the former president. 

“We believe that the President of the United States must be a principled, serious, and steady leader who can advance and defend American security and values, strengthen our alliances, and protect our democracy,” the letter explained. 

"We expect to disagree with Kamala Harris on many domestic and foreign policy issues, but we believe that she possesses the essential qualities to serve as President and Donald Trump does not. We therefore support her election to be President," the letter added. 

The New Republic noted the letter called Trump “unfit to serve again as President” and pointed out that he had several dangerous qualities, including his “affinity for other authoritarian leaders, contempt for the norms of decent, ethical and lawful behavior, and chaotic national security decision-making.”

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