By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police killings are underreported and occur more often than federal agencies have reported, the Wall Street Journal reports. Between 2007 and 2012, more than 550 homicides by cops were not included in federal statistics. The Journal examined figures from the nation’s 105 largest police departments to find that at least 1,800…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Tomsheck, who was forced to resign as internal affairs for CBP, said the agency made it difficult for him to investigate internal complaints. NPR reports that Tomscheck believes some Border Patrol agents aren’t being held accountable because of a culture that evades legal restraints. Tomscheck said about a quarter of…
By L.A. Times Editorial Now we have an idea why the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service was keeping secret an independent report of its encounters at the Mexican border. Because it has something to hide. As The Times’ Brian Bennett reported last week, an independent report by the nonprofit Police Executive Research Forum sharply…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Border Patrol agents rarely are held accountable over shootings, and investigations are done in the dark, an Arizona Daily Star investigation has found. In one case, the newspaper wrote that one agent-involved shooting has remained secret and ongoing for three years Scrutiny on the federal agency is increasing after several well-publicized…
By Chris Battle Security DeBrief WASHINGTON — As a former reporter and, later, as a spokesperson for federal law agencies, I grew used to responses from criminal investigators anytime a reporter asked about who the culprit might be or what kind of motive the suspected culprit might have. The universal answer was: “We cannot comment…
Udate: Thursday 11:40 a.m. — The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Ex-Cop Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty this morning to misprision of a felony (a charge for concealing a known felony), for failing to report a conspiracy to obstruct justice in the investigation of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans. To read press…
