{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141010011139/http://reed.house.gov/press-release/tom-reed-unveils-school-safety-bill", "TOM REED UNVEILS SCHOOL SAFETY BILL;", "2014-10-09", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Tom Reed", "R000585", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Today Tom Reed unveiled a bill to make schools safer with more opportunities in School Resource Officer (SRO) programs. Reed\u2019s Protecting Our Schools and Communities Act will put local school districts in a better position to access School Resource Officers and plan for upcoming school years.\n\u201cWhen our kids leave for school in the morning, we want to know they will be safe and protected,\u201d Said Reed. \u201cThat\u2019s why we need to put local school districts in a better position to access School Resource Officers to care for the safety of our children.\u201d\nReed\u2019s bill will reauthorize the COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) program on a long-term, five-year basis for law enforcement to apply for grants for the purposes of hiring and retaining SROs . Reed said the COPS program was last authorized in 2005 and since then has been funded on an ad hoc basis, leaving many communities without the ability to plan for funding when, and if, it might come from Congress.\n\u201cIt\u2019s fair and right to give communities certainty that the COPS program will be there for them on a long-term basis,\u201d Reed continued. \u201cWithout that certainty many of our schools have no way to improve their district\u2019s safety preparedness plans. We have a shared goal: keeping our kids safe. We all have a role in achieving that goal, and SROs can play a significant part.\u201d\n\u00a0\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://web.archive.org/web/20141010011139/http://reed.house.gov/press-release/tom-reed-unveils-school-safety-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8390261791646481, "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"}