Public Safety

Ryan is endorsed by our local police for his leadership combatting gun crime and car thefts.

Connecticut needs to change state policy to support law enforcement, enforce our criminal justice laws, and keep the public safe. Since the weakening of criminal justice laws and a police reform law that
handcuffed police, serious crimes in Connecticut have skyrocketed. Car thefts more than doubled in Greenwich and New Canaan and rose significantly in Stamford. And homicides rose by 40 percent across
the state.

 

Ryan co-sponsored a new law to for strong universal background checks for firearm purchases. He also introduced legislation to strengthen enforcement of our gun laws and give police tools to take hundreds
more illegal guns off the street. He also introduced legislation to support and increase school resource officers across the state. Those last two proposals were voted down by Democrats.

 

Ryan also opposed bad public safety proposals like HB6667 in 2024 which would criminalize law-abiding citizens and even victims of crime, including victims of home invasions who had legally owned firearms stolen in those home invasions. Ryan proposed amending that firearms bill to increase enforcement and remove the provisions criminalizing victims of crime.
Ryan has co-introduced laws to untie the hands of our police and change the police bill so that they can keep us safe. He supports changing our criminal justice statutes so that people who commit several
felonies, including stealing cars, will not continue to see zero consequences for their actions. If Ryan’s proposals to crack down on car theft were to pass, car thefts would fall back to pre-2020 levels quickly.
For all these reasons and more, Ryan has been repeatedly endorsed by our local police organizations and will always work to keep the public safe.