2021 CA Governor's race: on Crime

Caitlyn Jenner: Rehabilitate people in prison and bring them back safely

Q: What is the police reform that you want?

JENNER: The only police reform, I think we need -- look it, in every business out there, there's good people, and there's bad people who probably shouldn't be there. I think proper training, being able to weed out the good with the bad. I am 100% behind our police force. Every place I go, if I'm driving, and I see a cop, I'll put my hand out the window and give them a thumbs up. If they're sitting there, I'll pull up and say, hey, thank you for your service. You know, this citizen appreciates what you do. I 100% support our police forces. I would be very tough on rioting, using as many forces as I could possibly use to stop the rioting and protect the citizens and the businesses of this community. I think that's extremely important -- the National Guard, whatever we need to keep peace.

Source: Fox News interview: 2021 California Governor recall race May 6, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner: I would use as many forces as I could to stop rioting

Q: Gavin Newsom is going to release 76,000 inmates for good behavior, 63,000 of them committed violent crimes. Would you do that?

JENNER: Not at all. I think on the releasing of the prisoners, criminal justice reform is very important, and we need to do that, OK? We need to rehabilitate people in prison and bring them back into the community safely. In his case, I don't know how many of these people have actually been rehabilitated to go back into society.

Source: Fox News interview: 2021 California Governor recall race May 6, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner: I am in favor of the death penalty

Jenner praised her children and their entrepreneurial talents but said her family would not play a role in her gubernatorial campaign. She noted that she differs from her stepdaughter Kim Kardashian on halting the death penalty. "I am in favor of the death penalty," she said. Source: CNN Politics on 2021 California Governor recall race May 12, 2021

Doug Ose: Build new prisons, oppose reducing of some felonies

He wants to build new prisons and would look to roll back a law that shifted the state's overcrowding burden down to the county level. And he would target voter-approved measures that reduced certain crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and gave parole consideration to certain felons. Source: Sacramento Bee on 2021 CA recall race Jan 23, 2018

Larry Elder: Police are pulling back, afraid of being called racist

He later sounded off on the crime wave across the country. "You have this assault on police officers, they're pulling back," he said. "It's called the Ferguson Effect, or the George Floyd effect, and that is cops are afraid of being called racist and therefore they're pulling back." Source: Fox News on 2021 CA recall race Jul 22, 2021

Kevin Faulconer: We didn't defund police, we hired more and kept us safe

We became the only big city in America, among the 10 biggest cities we analyzed, to repair more than half our roads in a matter of years, not decades. After struggling with homelessness like other areas across the state, we bucked the status quo to make San Diego the only big city in California where homelessness went down, not up. Instead of defunding the police, we worked to hire more officers and keep us one of the safest big cities in the nation. Source: San Diego Union Tribune on 2021 California recall race Feb 12, 2021

Kevin Faulconer: Won't forget your safety is the government's top priority

As governor, Kevin Faulconer will never forget that your safety is the government's top priority. He will support the hard-working law enforcement professionals who keep us safe. He will also expect public safety officers to meet the highest standards as they fulfill their oath to protect the public. And he will work to ensure violent criminals are held accountable for their actions. Source: Campaign website KevinFaulconer.com for 2021 CA recall race Feb 14, 2021

Kevin Faulconer: I strongly support the death penalty in California

Q: Newsom enacted a moratorium on executions in California, would you reverse that if you were governor?

Faulconer: Well, I tell you, I strongly support the death penalty in California. I think it's incredibly important. I would reverse it. It should never have been changed.

Source: KQED on 2021 CA recall race Feb 14, 2021

Kevin Faulconer: Time to have a governor who is going to put victims first

Faulconer accused Gov. Newsom of "enabling" the "defund the police" movement and faulted him for supporting Proposition 47 in 2014, which reclassified some theft and drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. "I've seen the disasters of these policies on the streets throughout this great state of ours, it's time to have a governor who is going to put victims first," Faulconer said. "Every California family deserves to be safe, to feel safe and to have a safe neighborhood." Source: CNN Politics on 2021 CA recall race Aug 5, 2021

The above quotations are from 2021 California Gubernatorial recall. Click here for definitions & background information on Crime. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Kevin Faulconer on Crime. Click here for more quotes by John Cox on Crime.
*Candidates and political leaders on Crime:*
*Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:* GA:Chambliss(R) IA:Harkin(D) MI:Levin(D) MT:Baucus(D) NE:Johanns(R) OK:Coburn(R) SD:Johnson(D) WV:Rockefeller(D) *Resigned from 113th House:* AL-1:Jo Bonner(R) FL-19:Trey Radel(R) LA-5:Rod Alexander(R) MA-5:Ed Markey(D) MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R) NC-12:Melvin Watt(D) SC-1:Tim Scott(R)	*Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:* AR-4:Tom Cotton(R) GA-1:Jack Kingston(R) GA-10:Paul Broun(R) GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R) HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D) IA-1:Bruce Braley(D) LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R) ME-2:Mike Michaud(D) MI-14:Gary Peters(D) MT-0:Steve Daines(R) OK-5:James Lankford(R) PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D) TX-36:Steve Stockman(R) WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)	*Retired House as of Jan. 2015:* AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R) AR-2:Tim Griffin(R) CA-11:George Miller(D) CA-25:Howard McKeon(R) CA-33:Henry Waxman(D) CA-45:John Campbell(R) IA-3:Tom Latham(R) MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R) NC-6:Howard Coble(R) NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D) NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R) NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D) NY-21:Bill Owens(D) PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R) UT-4:Jim Matheson(D) VA-8:Jim Moran(D) VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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