Obama Talks Law Enforcement on "America's Most Wanted"

"Last year when we came in, obviously you had a huge economic crisis, one of the things we were most worried about was how would this affect law enforcement because you started seeing state and local budgets hemorrhaging," Mr. Obama told Walsh.

"There were the prospects of tens of thousands of cops on the streets being laid off, and so what we did was working with state and local governments, got four billion dollars additional funding so that we kept those law enforcement officials doing great work that they do each and every day," he continued.

The president also threw his full support behind The Adam Walsh Act, a law signed by President George W. Bush that categorizes sex offenders and ensures they can be tracked and monitored. The act is named after the son of John Walsh, who was kidnapped and murdered in Florida almost 30 years ago.

John Walsh later became an advocate for victims and violent crimes, and soon after became the host of "America's Most Wanted," a show committed to assisting law enforcement in apprehending fugitives.

"It's about saying we need justice, we need these people caught, we need them off the streets, and we need the highest level of politicians to focus in on our needs," Walsh told the president, grateful for his commitment.

"Well John," the president responded, "we couldn't be prouder of what you've done and I know Adam's looking down on us and saying, you know, my dad's really done something incredible, so congratulations to you."

The interview will be part of the 1,000th episode of America's Most Wanted, which airs this Saturday.