While visiting the bureau’s St. Louis office, FBI Director James Comey pledged to help police chiefs in the region combat violent crime, St. Louis Public Radio reports.
St. Louis Metropolitan Police chief Sam Dotson asked for help with chronic gun offenders.
“Missouri, in my opinion, has some of the more lax gun laws of all the 50 states,” Dotson said. “So when we encounter individuals that consistently use fire arms to commit crimes, can the FBI help us develop cases that we can take to the U.S. attorney and get prosecution on a different level and keep the community safe?”
Comey said the field office plans to help.
Comey was visiting the office as part of a planned tour of all 56 of the agency’s field offices.
The visits, he said, are used to “both learn about how it’s going and to talk to my partners, especially to say what are we doing well here, what can we do differently; are there things I can take from this community and try to spread elsewhere.”
