By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The number of minority FBI agents continues to decline, but bureau Director James Comey pledged to reverse that trend.
Politico reports that 581 African American agents worked at the FBI as of March, down from 606 at the end of 2014.
The number of Latino agents also declined to 882 from 916 in 2014.
“Too early to say whether we’re going to be able to change the inflection of the line. Lots going on in the FBI to try and change that. I’ll probably have a better sense at the end of this year, as to whether we’re seeing a change,” Comey said. “Anecdotally I feel, change in that area, change in the people who are expressing interest. … I don’t know whether that’s our reference or the show Quantico? More to come at the end of the year. I think both are possible.”
