Work to make every neighborhood safer by getting illegal guns off the streets and strengthening the relationship between police and the community.

Hakeem is working to make every neighborhood safer by fighting to get illegal guns off our streets and strengthening the relationship between the police and our community.

A safety commitment to remove illegal guns from communities and improve police-community relations.

Safer Communities - Hakeem Jeffries
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The campaign issue page says Jeffries is working to make every neighborhood safer by fighting to get illegal guns off the streets and strengthening the relationship between police and the community. It also says he has pushed universal background checks and advanced policing-reform bills.

This is the underlying campaign promise and the policy direction he says he pursued.

unresolved unknown

Safer Communities - Hakeem Jeffries
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GovInfo shows Jeffries introduced H.R. 7118, the Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2018, to forbid chokeholds by persons covered by 18 U.S.C. 242, and it was referred to the Judiciary Committee.

Jeffries took concrete legislative action to strengthen police-community relations and curb excessive force, but the bill did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7118 - Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2018
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GovInfo lists Jeffries as a cosponsor of H.R. 7120, a bill to hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies. The bill was reported in the House.

He backed a major police-accountability reform package directly aligned with the community-relations part of the promise, but the measure was not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
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GovInfo shows the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was engrossed in the House on June 25, 2020, meaning it passed the House and moved to the Senate. The bill's title and text focus on law-enforcement accountability, transparency, and training reform.

Jeffries-backed policing reform advanced past the House, but it stalled before becoming law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 (Engrossed in House)
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Congress.gov identifies Jeffries as sponsor of H.R.1347, which would make chokeholds and carotid restraints fall within the federal civil-rights force statute. The bill was introduced and referred to subcommittee.

This is direct evidence of continued effort to reform policing and reduce abusive force, but it remained an introduced bill.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1347 - Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2021
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Congress.gov shows Jeffries introduced H.R.4408, the Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2019, which would define chokeholds as covered punishment under the federal civil-rights statute. The bill was referred to subcommittee.

This demonstrates repeated concrete action on police accountability, but not fulfillment of the broader promise.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4408 - Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2019
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%