New Government Studies Found That FBI Fails to Report Many Killings by Police
A new federal government study has found that the FBI has reported far fewer killings by police than actually happened.
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FBI to Create a National Database on Use of Force by Law Enforcement
The FBI tracks records on plenty of crimes, but it has not collected statistics on the number of times police use force when interacting with the public.
Border Patrol Reports Less Frequent Use of Force, But Accuracy of Data Questioned
Border Parol agents and custom officers reported fewer incidents of resorting to force this year, saying they used firearms just seven times in the first five month of the fiscal year.
Bill Would Require Every Police Killing to Be Tallied by Justice Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Without a federal requirement to disclose police killings, it’s impossible to know how many cops kill civilians in any given year. That could change under new legislation that would require all police departments to report law-enforcement killing to the Justice Department, Essence reports. Currently the FBI keeps a tally on the…
Police Kill Civilians At Much Higher Rate Than Is Reported by Federal Agencies
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…
Anti-Defamation League: FBI Hate Crime Statistics Have Serious Flaws
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI issues statistics every year for hate crimes in the U.S. This year, hate crimes fell 7%. Good news, right? Not exactly, according to the Anti-Defamation League, the Jerusalem Post reports. The annual statistics come from law enforcement agencies that voluntarily release the information. About a quarter of the nation’s law…
FBI Stats Show Violent Crime Down for 3 Years in Row
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Despite a sour economy and disturbingly high unemployment, property crime dropped in 2009 for the seventh year in a row, according to FBI statistics released today. Violent crime also declined for the third consecutive year. The FBI statistics show the murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate dropped by 7.3 percent…