Three in Four Mayors Want MORE Federal Help Combating Crime in Their Cities

Craig Bannister-Blog : Sep 29, 2025
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In particular, mayors say they could use additional federal help fighting human trafficking, computer crimes against children and threats against their cities.

BCN Editor's Note: Unfortunately, it seems the cities that need federal help the most are also the most resistant to it. Dem-run Portland, for example, has been a hotbed of violent and destructive antifa activity against ICE agents and the Federal building, yet now, "Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Sunday that the state, along with the City of Portland, has filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump and several administration officials, challenging the legality of Trump's decision to federalize 200 National Guard members for deployment in Oregon" according to a Post Millennial report.

[Newsbusters.org] Nine in ten US mayors are currently partnering with federal law enforcement to combat crime in their cities and three-fourths say they want more help from federal agencies, a new survey reveals. (Image via Unsplash)

"Several cities commented that their relations with federal partners were continuous and terrific," the US Conference of Mayors reported Thursday, releasing the results of its survey of 60 mayors across the US, conducted September 4-15.

The survey finds that the vast majority of cities already rely on the US Department of Justice for crime-fighting help:

All of the cities surveyed are partnering with the FBI.
92% work in partnership with DEA.
90% work in partnership with ATF.

In an open-ended question, the cities identified other federal enforcement agencies with which they currently work, including:

US Marshals Service: 23%.
Homeland Security enforcement agencies: 15%.
US Attorney's offices: 3%.

One productive way their cities work with federal agencies to fight crime is by participating in joint task forces to investigate, charge and arrest criminal suspects, several mayors say.

Mayors report that assistance from federal law enforcement has resulted in:

Identification of suspects in 92% of the cities.
Apprehension of suspects in 90% of cities.
Collection of evidence in 78% of cities.

What's more, fully three of four mayors surveyed say they want even more help from the Justice Department:

77% called for increased support from DEA agents and tracking drug trafficking in the city.
75% called for increased support from the FBI in investigating and closing specific cases.
73% called for increased support from ATF agents and gun tracing capabilities.

In particular, mayors say they could use additional federal help fighting human trafficking, computer crimes against children and threats against their cities. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here