Secretary Noem: Violence Against Officers Up Over 830 Percent
July 21, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:17
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What happened
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said violence against officers has gone up over 830 percent just in recent days, attributing the rise to rhetoric from politicians and individuals, according to the White House video. She called on everyone to recognize how in one moment a person’s life — and their whole family’s — can change, saying it is happening every day across the country.
Noem described an officer and his family who, while suffering, continue to serve the public and uphold the rule of law. She said the department is doing everything in its power to ensure officers on the streets have the equipment, training, resources, and backup they need.
She blamed the attack on release policies, saying the individual involved had been arrested four different times for violating the law and then released onto the streets of the city because of Mayor Bass’s policies and her city council’s policies, as she stated it, and she urged that the day mark a change in those policies.
Why it matters
Noem’s 830 percent figure is the administration’s headline statistic for its argument that rhetoric and local release policies are driving attacks on immigration and law-enforcement officers.
Scoreboard watch
The claim that violence against officers rose over 830 percent in recent days, as stated by the Secretary, is a checkable figure for the scoreboard.
Sources: The White House, “DHS Sec Noem: “We’ve seen violence against our officers go up over 830%…””, 2025-07-21 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-07-21). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.