Rising crime rates and problems with policing have emerged as central issues in political battles across the country. This comes after last year’s push from the Left to “defund the police” created a minefield for local candidates to navigate.

Nationally, President Joe Biden has asked Congress to navigate the same difficult political terrain by advancing a police reform proposal before the May 25 deadline. Biden asked lawmakers during his first address to a joint session of Congress to move on police reform by the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer in a videotaped Minneapolis encounter that ignited nationwide protests.