Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer.

Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets.

Police officers, firefighters, EMTs - they are all out there every single day - literally just a phone call away for anyone who needs them.

Civilians are arrested every single day - including innocent ones - and they must wait until their day in court in order to argue their side of the story. Police officers must be subjected to the same rules.

Imagine feeling like every kiss goodbye to your loved ones each day might be your last kiss. Police officers and their families feel this way every single day.

In New York City we need police officers to protect even the dead.