WASHINGTON, D.C. — During National Police Week, six Republican Attorneys General paid respect to law enforcement and highlighted how community safety is a top priority.
“When you look at the choice, the choice couldn’t be clearer. We put boots on the ground. We work hard to fight crime,” said Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird. “It makes a really big difference whether a park is safe for a child to play, what kind of safety your neighborhood has, and whether you’re concerned about being a victim of violent crime.”
“We now have the lowest crime rate in 56 years. It’s down to 23 index crimes per 1,000 people per year,” said Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. “Your chances of being the victim of a crime are very low in Kansas, and it didn’t just happen.”
“We’ve recovered over 400 individuals in our state and helped them go from victims to survivors. We’ve conducted 60-plus multi-jurisdictional operations and arrested nearly 300,” said Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “It’s significant work that we do in this office and in all of our offices, because the partnerships we’ve all cultivated with local, state, and federal law enforcement are impactful and powerful. We are certainly all making a difference together.”
“From the White House to Republican Attorneys General offices to state and local law enforcement, we have an unprecedented level of commitment to backing the blue,” said Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. “For the first time in over a decade, our murder rate in Missouri is way down. 2025 was a 10-year low, and 2026 is trending even better.”
“We put more boots on the ground through the state police, and teamed up with New Orleans Police Department — they make the arrests, my office prosecutes the cases,” said Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill. “A criminal doesn’t check your party registration before they carjack you or rob you. We’ve now taken on more than 900 cases pending in New Orleans Criminal District Court. We don’t always agree, but it’s been a highly effective working relationship — and crime in New Orleans is down.”
“There are 30 Attorney General seats up for election next year, and so many of them are being filled by George Soros–backed DAs who are for cashless bail,” said West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey. “They let people out who commit very violent acts. Just this year in Charlotte, North Carolina, a young woman got her throat slashed on a bus by a criminal who’d been convicted 20 times before and never served any time in jail. These types of DAs are now trying to run for Attorney General — in states all across this country. We’re not going to let that happen because Americans need to feel safe, whether it’s West Virginia, Kansas, Louisiana, or Missouri. They need to feel safe in Los Angeles. They need to feel safe in Washington, DC. They need to feel safe in New York City.”
“There is a clear difference between Republican Attorneys General supporting law enforcement and Democrat Attorneys General supporting cashless bail,” said RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper. “Public Safety is a top issue nationally. Republican Attorneys General have proven results of reducing crime while radical Democrat Attorneys General put criminals first.”
Attorneys General Brenna Bird (IA), Lynn Fitch (MS), Catherine Hanaway (MO), Kris Kobach (KS), J.B. McCuskey (WV), and Liz Murrill (LA) highlighted the successes they’ve had in their states through partnerships and other enforcement actions.
Republican AGs Record:
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird
- Attorney General Bird partnered with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in 2023 for a new law increasing prison sentences and fines for fentanyl related crimes.
- In 2024, Iowa Attorney General Bird launched the Iowa Cold Case Unit within the Attorney General’s office. To date, the unit has assisted in four arrests and one conviction in a 37-year-old murder.
- Attorney General Bird introduced a bill to increase penalties for assaults against law enforcement officers. In 2025, that Bill became Iowa Law.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch
- Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s human trafficking team has now led 63 multi-jurisdictional operations that have resulted in the recovery of 390 victims and 204 arrests, as well as countless leads in the effort to disrupt and stop trafficking operations in Mississippi.
- Attorney General Fitch created the Fentanyl Strike Force to train law enforcement officers on best practices for investigating and disrupting fentanyl activities, including how to keep themselves safe from the deadly drug. The Fentanyl Strike Force engages in law enforcement operations across Mississippi, and so far, more than 800 state and local law enforcement officers have been trained through this program.
- In 2025, Mississippi saw a 37% decrease in overdose deaths compared to the previous year, largely due to General Fitch’s effort to distribute Naloxone and fentanyl test strips across the State.
- The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office was the first agency in Mississippi to participate in the program by training and certifying all 80 of its sworn law enforcement officers as members of the 287(g) Task Force. In an operation earlier this month, they secured 6 ICE detainers.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway
- Attorney General Hanaway has partnered with the Department of Justice, local prosecutors, and law enforcement from across Missouri to take down a billion-dollar illegal gaming network of halls that are a magnet for organized crime and money laundering. Recently, because of her actions, the largest provider of the illegal gaming machines has shut down all operations to avoid prosecution.
- Attorney General Hanaway has created a collaborative program with Missouri’s Eastern and Western District U.S. Attorneys to attract and lend talent to tackle crime and aid in criminal prosecutions.
- Attorney General Hanaway has led calls for legislative reform. She made her top priority this session public safety, serving as an advocate for juvenile justice, anti-human trafficking, and truth-in-sentencing.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach
- AG Kobach launched the Joint Fentanyl Impact Team (JFIT) – a first-of-its-kind collaboration bringing together the KBI, Kansas Highway Patrol, and other agencies to target fentanyl trafficking networks that have claimed the lives of more than 1,400 Kansans. Kansas was one of the first states to implement the 287(g) Immigration Enforcement Program.
- The initiative included the state’s first K-9 unit trained specifically to detect fentanyl across road, rail, air, and mail transportation routes.
- In October 2025, Kobach and the KBI conducted a statewide enforcement operation targeting illegal marijuana and THC products at vape shops and CBD dispensaries, executing search warrants at 18 locations across 11 communities.
West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey
- As an effort to protect kids online, AG McCuskey sued Roblox, securing $11 million. Part of that settlement will create an internet safety specialist, working directly with law enforcement to investigate crimes against children and also educate law enforcement throughout the state on the latest online threats.
- AG McCuskey represents the state in all criminal appeals. Just this month, he successfully argued against a writ filed by a man accused of killing a state trooper. That action allowed the trial to finally take place, after nearly 3years of delays.
- AG McCuskey joined a 16-state coalition in support of Trump’s actions to combat drug cartels, noting that the illegal drug flow is fueling violent crime and putting law enforcement and communities at risk.
- He joined a coalition of 25 states urging the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl analogues as Schedule I drugs and give law enforcement better tools to crack down on the epidemic.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill
- AG Murrill expanded Louisiana’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, growing it from a collaboration between 8 law enforcement agencies to 86 since she took office in January 2024.
- In 2025, the Louisiana ICAC Task Force received more than 30,000 cybertips, made more than 515 arrests, identified more than 80 new child victims, and rescued more than 60 child victims from ongoing sexual abuse.
- Shortly after taking office, AG Murrill forged an agreement with the Orleans Parish District Attorney – across party lines – allowing her office to prosecute criminal cases stemming from arrests by Louisiana’s State Police troop in New Orleans (Troop NOLA). Crime in New Orleans fell 38% in 2025 under this arrangement.