Attorney General Kris Mayes today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to restore funding to the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) and criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to defund law enforcement in Arizona. The Attorney General warned that the department’s recent decision to cut this funding will undermine public safety and harm crime victims across Arizona.

“I’m urging the Department of Justice to reverse this awful and short-sighted decision,” said Attorney General Mayes. “These funds help Arizona support victims of crime and build safer communities. Pulling the plug on proven, long-standing partnerships makes no sense, not from a government efficiency perspective or a public safety perspective.”