American Police and Troopers Coalition

AMERICAN POLICE AND TROOPERS COALITION

It is our mission support legislation that will ensure law enforcement is best positioned to provide the highest degree of uninterrupted public safety service to America’s communities. APTC PAC resources shall advocate for existing and new legislation that secure our country and local communities utilizing proven and accepted law enforcement policy and leadership.

The APTC PAC will further support the elections of Federal legislators who understand the importance of and encourage support law enforcement to provide for the safety and security of its citizens.

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2019 – LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOT/ASSAULTED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

In 2019, no federal officers were killed, but a total of 2,136 federal law enforcement officers were assaulted. Of the 2,136 officers who were assaulted, 372 were injured.

In 2019, of the 56,034 officers assaulted while performing their duties, 30.7 percent were injured. The largest percentage of victim officers (30.4 percent) were assaulted while responding to disturbance calls. Assailants used personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) in 79.3 percent of the incidents, firearms in 3.8 percent of incidents, and knives or other cutting instruments in 1.9 percent of the incidents. Other types of dangerous weapons were used in 15.1 percent of assaults

In 2019, 48 law enforcement officers died from injuries incurred in the line of duty during felonious incidents.

The average age of the officers who were feloniously killed was 40 years old. The victim officers had served in law enforcement for an average of 13 years at the times of the fatal incidents.

AMERICAN POLICE AND TROOPERS COALITON PAC

Super PACs, officially known as “independent-expenditure only committees”, may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties, but may engage in unlimited political spending independently of the campaigns. Unlike traditional PACs, they can raise funds from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups without any legal limit on donation size.

According to FEC advisories, Super PACs are not allowed to coordinate directly with candidates or political parties. This restriction is intended to prevent them from operating campaigns that complement or parallel those of the candidates they support or engaging in negotiations that could result in quid pro quo bargaining between donors to the PAC and the candidate or officeholder. However, it is legal for candidates and Super PAC managers to discuss campaign strategy and tactics through the media.

This American Police and Troopers Coaliton PAC web portal is intended to represent fundraising for Federal political candidates that have sponsored, co-sponsored or support legislation that supports law enforcement officials and specifically for legislation that supports combating safety and training for our police and troopers.