Drug Czar Sara Carter Honors Law Enforcement Sacrifices After Kentucky Trooper's Funeral
October 6, 2026 · Office of National Drug Control Policy · 0:01:00
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What happened
Drug Czar Sara Carter said she had spent the weekend at the funeral service for Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips, where she met his wife, his children and community leaders, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy video.
Carter said Phillips was killed by someone moving drugs off a highway during a highway interdiction stop, as she described it. She said men and women in uniform put their lives on the line every single day, and that as a nation Americans have to stand behind them.
Carter urged support for President Trump and, as she put it, the policies that make sense and save children and communities. She said the sacrifices should never be forgotten, naming police patrolling in Kensington, troopers in Kentucky and officers all across the nation, and said they come first, as do the American people and American children, as she stated it.
Why it matters
The statement ties the drug-enforcement mission directly to the officers killed carrying it out, framing support for law enforcement as part of the administration’s drug policy.
Sources: Office of National Drug Control Policy, “Drug Czar Sara Carter recognizes sacrifices made by law enforcement”, 2026-10-06 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-10-06). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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