Police Chief Responds to Desperate Bush Radio Ad

Washington, DC – Today, Lowell (Mass.) Chief of Police Ed Davis made the following statement in response to a Bush/Cheney national radio ad.

“As a law enforcement officer, I have worked with John Kerry since he was a prosecutor here in Lowell. From his years as a prosecutor to his fight to expand the crime bill to add more police on the streets right here in Lowell, across the state and the nation, he had been a fighter for protecting our neighbors.

“John Kerry has a plan that will cut taxes for middle class families and get us the support we need from Washington to defend the homeland.”

“John Kerry will also fight to get health care costs lowered for working families. While there are many misleading charges by the Bush campaign, John Kerry has been a fighter for law enforcement all his life and he will be a fighter for us in the White House.”

“John Kerry came to Lowell in 1994 to tour our most troubled precincts, he understands the crime problem. Senator Kerry and I conferred while he was preparing the first crime bill. His work gave us the resources we needed to reduce the crime rate over 60%. The city of Lowell is a better place because of the Senator Kerry’s commitment to law enforcement. When John Kerry continues this type of success when he gets to the White House, America will be a much safer place.”



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