Caroleene Dobson, Alabama's second congressional district Republican nominee, announced on Wednesday that she will seek federal funding and other remedies to address violent crime that is running rampant and attacking innocent individuals in cities and towns throughout the district.
Dobson said, "Crime does not care what race you are, it does not care if you are rich or poor, and it does not care what religion you practice."
"Crime is like cancer - it can attack anyone anywhere at any time - and too many men, women, and children throughout the Second Congressional District are at risk to falling prey to its deadly and violent results," she added.
Dobson noted that House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) announced last week that the state legislature will consider measures to address the crime plague during its 2025 regular session. She said supplementing state and local efforts with a congressional focus will offer a "three-pronged spearhead" that attacks the issue head-on.
"In just the past few weeks, an unsuspecting woman in the Second Congressional District was permanently paralyzed when hit by stray gunfire while waiting at a stoplight, three innocent individuals were murdered at a convenience store, and a 12-year-old girl was killed after being shot at 2:30 a.m.," Dobson said. "The sense of security, the quality of life, and the basic public safety that every Alabamian should expect and demand have disappeared in large portions of the Second Congressional District, and I will work every day to restore sanity and order to the communities that crave it."
State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) and State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road) also pre-filed a bill recently for the 2025 legislative session that would allow the governor or attorney general to appoint an interim police chief in municipalities where crime has gone out of control.
Dobson said she would pursue securing federal grants and congressional funding to supplement local law enforcement efforts and support strict tough-on-crime legislation when elected.
"As a wife and mother, I know that countless families share my concerns about the recent eruption in violent crime in our cities," Dobson said. "In addition to losing crime victims, too many young people are ruining their futures with bad decisions and reckless actions."
Dobson is facing Shomari Figures, a Democrat, in the November general election.
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