Whereas more than 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United States risk their lives daily to serve and protect their communities; Whereas there are more than 23,000 fallen law enforcement officers honored on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, dating back to 1786, when the first law enforcement officer in the United States died in the line of duty; Whereas, during the 2 years preceding the date of adoption of this resolution, more than 800 law enforcement officers died in the United States in the line of duty, the highest number of such deaths over a 2-year period in the history of the United States; Whereas some politicians and interest groups have responded to the risks faced by law enforcement officers with calls to defund or even abolish law enforcement agencies across the United States; Whereas defunding law enforcement agencies or otherwise demoralizing law enforcement officers will make it more difficult for officers to intervene in dangerous situations and high-risk neighborhoods; Whereas a law enforcement officer will typically encounter between 400 and 600 traumatic events during the career of the officer, compared with 3 or 4 traumatic events encountered by the average citizen; Whereas the unusually high number of traumatic events experienced by law enforcement officers has contributed to a 54 percent higher suicide rate among officers than among individuals in other jobs; Whereas the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice has confirmed that there is no statistically significant difference between the rates at which major racial and ethnic groups are stopped in police-initiated interactions; Whereas the innovative and dedicated efforts of law enforcement officers have successfully brought down crime rates from historic highs; Whereas the defund and defame the police movement that began in 2020 has— (1) coincided with a dramatic rise in homicides and other violent crimes in cities and towns across the United States