{"id":142674,"date":"2025-05-22T21:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142674"},"modified":"2025-05-22T21:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:46:14","slug":"congressman-mackenzie-honors-police-and-first-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142674","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Mackenzie Honors Police and First Responders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo credit: Office of U.S. Congressman Ryan Mackenzie<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congressman Mackenzie Honors Police and First Responders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA \u2014 Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Greater Lehigh Valley, wrapped up Police Week and started off EMS Week by honoring our police and first responders. Over the weekend, he stopped by Cetronia Ambulance Corps to drop off coffee and donuts for local EMS workers before joining Bethlehem Police for a ride-along.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur local police and first responders are on the frontlines of public safety and public health,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Congressman Mackenzie<\/strong>. \u201cHearing directly from the men and women who keep us safe guides my work in Washington, especially in my position on the House Committee on Homeland Security, and I\u2019m looking forward to continuing to work on their behalf. As we conclude National Police Week and begin EMS Week, I\u2019m proud to stand with them and to thank them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Congressman Mackenzie helped to pass several pieces of legislation that support local law enforcement like the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/2243\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/2243&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748048258428000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KJmFWxyoLXipsi2sutVVh\">LEOSA Reform Act<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/2240\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/2240&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748048258428000&amp;usg=AOvVaw239oZcPD59yQuPliR-uwms\">Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation that was passed this week through the US House of Representatives helps us to meet our commitments to the men and women who protect our communities,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Congressman Mackenzie<\/strong>. \u201cThese bills will ensure that more members of law enforcement have the means to protect themselves and others while traveling, and it gives lawmakers the tools we need to better understand the threats posed to our local police. I\u2019m looking forward to continuing to work alongside law enforcement and first responders in the Greater Lehigh Valley to hear their stories and meet their needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLexie Manning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Office of U.S. Congressman Ryan Mackenzie Congressman Mackenzie Honors Police and First Responders BETHLEHEM, PA \u2014 Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Greater Lehigh Valley, wrapped up Police Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Congressman Mackenzie Honors Police and First Responders<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ryan-first-responders.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}