it is important that we support our brave men and women in law enforcement, ensure they have the resources needed to combat rising crime and keep our communities safe
Support law enforcement by ensuring police have the resources needed to combat crime and keep communities safe.
Occurrences
and oppose all efforts to defund the police
I will always support our men and women in law enforcement and work to restore law and order.
Evidence
The homepage says, "I will always support our men and women in law enforcement and work to restore law and order."
Congress.gov lists Garbarino as sponsor; the bill was introduced on May 7, 2025 and referred to committee with no further action shown.
Congress.gov shows Garbarino sponsored H.R.31, introduced January 3, 2025, to make assault on a law enforcement officer a deportable offense; latest action was referral to Judiciary.
The public law text includes the phrase "assault of a law enforcement officer" as a deportable offense and shows the bill became Public Law No. 119-1 on January 29, 2025.
Garbarino's office says the Laken Riley Act became law and included a provision from his POLICE Act that makes assaulting a law enforcement officer a deportable offense.
The issue page says he will "always stand with" front-line homeland security personnel and provide the "resources, and support" they need to do their jobs effectively.
Assessments
Garbarino materially advanced law-enforcement-related policy in the same federal term: his POLICE Act language making assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense was incorporated into the Laken Riley Act, which became Public Law 119-1 on January 29, 2025. However, the promise specifically emphasized ensuring police have resources to combat crime and keep communities safe. The enacted provision protects or penalizes assaults against officers but is not a direct police-resource funding or equipment outcome. His separate Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act was introduced but remained in committee. This supports partial fulfillment, not full delivery.
Garbarino took concrete same-term action aligned with supporting law enforcement, including sponsoring the POLICE Act and Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act. One related policy component became law through the Laken Riley Act, making assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense. However, the broader promise specifically emphasizes ensuring police have needed resources to combat crime and keep communities safe, and the evidence does not show a broad delivered resources outcome; one resources/benefits bill remained in committee. This supports partial fulfillment with a serious-effort badge.