USA Today: FBI Director Comey Fans Flames without Evidence on ‘Ferguson Effect’
It is possible, of course, that Comey is on to something and will be proved right over time.
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Michael Mason: To Suggest Law Enforcement Community Needs Training To Learn How To Do Their Job Is a Gross Over-Simplification
Michael Mason is a retired Executive Assistant Director of the FBI. His column is in response to a newsletter in which ticklethewire.com Editor Allan Lengel commented on FBI Director James Comey’s theory suggesting society’s intense scrutiny of police is preventing officers from being aggressive about doing their job, which in turn, is causing a spike…
Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Commends Comey For Comments About Policing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey has gotten some push back from skeptics about this theory that the recent intense focus on police brutality has made some police officers less aggressive about doing their job, which has resulted in a spike in crime. Well, the retired Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI…
James B. Comey Not Afraid to Tackle Controversial Issues, Unlike His Predecessors
As a federal prosecutor in two of the country’s most violent cities in the 1980s and 1990s, James B. Comey pioneered some of law enforcement’s most aggressive tactics that put gang members behind bars for long sentences, and he believes, saved many lives.
Boston Globe: FBI Director James Comey Damaged Credibility As Crime-Fighter
Over the last week, FBI Director James Comey has done serious damage to his credibility as the nation’s top crime-fighter.
Baltimore Sun: FBI Director Comey Wrong about ‘Ferguson Effect,’ Distracts from Real Issue
What is so troubling about this line of reasoning is that it suggests officers have no idea about what has brought us to this point.
White House Disagrees with FBI Director That Increased Police Scrutiny Causing Spike in Crimes
The White House disagreed with FBI Director James Comey’s assertion that increased police scrutiny may have led to a rise in violent crimes in some cities
FBI Director James Comey: A Chill Wind Has Blown Through Law Enforcement Over the Last Year
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com CHICAGO — Reality or hunch? FBI director James Comey, echoing remarks he made a few days ago at the University of Chicago Law School, said Monday he thinks violent crime is on the rise this year, at least in part, because officers are being increasingly scrutinized and are more reluctant to do…