Jim McGreevey on Crime Former Democratic NJ Governor

More officer & more community policing

Accomplishments as Mayor of Woodbridge in Neighborhood Safety:
• Attained national accreditation of the police department - one of only six in the state.
• Cut overall crime by nearly 40 per cent since 1991, with a seven percent reduction in violent crimes last year alone.
• Put more police officers on the streets than ever before.
• Introduced state-of-the-art crime prevention technology such as laptop computers and mobile data terminals in all police cars; networked communications with state and national law enforcement agencies; automated fingerprint identification and computer-generated sketching of crime suspects and crime scenes.
• Established successful community policing initiatives, such as a police bicycle squad, a Domestic Violence Response Team and, in partnership with Woodbridge Center, a permanent police sub-station at the mall.

Supports Three Strikes and serving full sentences

Legislative accomplishments:
• Co-sponsored the law that requires persons convicted of serious crimes to serve at least 85% of their sentence.
• Co-sponsored the "Three Strikes" law, imposing mandatory life sentences after three convictions for violent crimes.

Supports increased penalties for hate crimes

Legislative accomplishments:
• Supported the passage of Megan's Law.
• Co-sponsored the Ethnic Intimidation Act, which increases criminal penalties for hate crimes.

Expand the death penalty & life sentences

Supports the following principles to address crime in New Jersey.
• Expand and promote "community policing" programs.
• Support "truth in sentencing" for violent criminals so they serve their full sentences with no chance of parole.
• Expand the use of the death penalty for additional circumstances relating to murder.
• Continue to impose mandatory life sentences for third-time, violent felons.

Prosecute juveniles as adults; death penalty for 16-yr-olds

Supports the following principles to address juvenile crime:
• Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious violent crimes as adults.
• Expand the death penalty to apply to 16 and 17-year-olds who commit murder.
• Provide state funding for military-style "boot-camps" for juvenile first-time felons.
• Increase state funding for social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
• Support programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training.