{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-hosts-local-law-enforcement-roundtable", "Issa Hosts Local Law Enforcement Roundtable", "2021-10-07", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "San Marcos \u2013 Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) hosted local law enforcement officials from across California\u2019s 50th Congressional District to discuss the significant challenges faced by police, sheriffs and other public safety personnel, and the tools they need to enhance law and order.\n\n\u201cToday, we said with one voice: Our streets, schools, parks, and neighborhoods don\u2019t belong to criminals. They belong to the community,\u201d said Congressman Issa.\n\nThe Congressman was joined in the session by representatives from the counties of Riverside and San Diego, as well as the cities of Escondido and San Diego.\n\n\u201cI brought together these law enforcement leaders to thank them for their fearless service, understand what they are seeing, learn what they need to do their jobs, and remind them that we have their backs,\u201d said Congressman Issa. \u201cDuring this time of rising crime and inconsistent stands against dangerous criminals, there is no more important time to show our gratitude to those who keep us safe.\u201d\n\nMajor American cities saw a 33 increase in homicides in 2020, a trend that has continued into 2021, most recently seen nationally during the Fourth of July weekend when 189 people were killed and 516 injured in shootings.\n\nOf the nation\u2019s 66 largest police jurisdictions 63 saw increases in at least one category of violent crimes during 2020, which include homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.\n\nSan Diego has experienced a sharp increase in violent crime between 2019 and 2021, 14 percent higher than last year and 9 percent higher than in 2019.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-hosts-local-law-enforcement-roundtable"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.872533768415451, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}