Donald Trump and Kamala Harris' stances on police
CBSN
Washington — Crime is a focal point of former President Donald Trump's bid for the White House, and he and Vice President Kamala Harris have both been working to assume the mantle of the tough-on-crime candidate.
Violent crime and property crime dropped overall last year, and the decline in the murder rate from 2022 to 2023 represents the largest drop in the last two decades, according to data from more than 16,000 law enforcement agencies released by the FBI in September.
But that hasn't stopped Trump from claiming U.S. cities are in decline and violence is rampant. Harris, meanwhile, has highlighted her experience as a former prosecutor in California and the state's attorney general as she seeks to show voters that she has experience targeting violent offenders.
