FBI: Murders Surged in U.S. in 2015, While Violent Crime Rose Nearly 4%
Murders surged 10% in 2015 over the previous year, while violent crime rose nearly 4% in the same time period, according to the FBI’s annual crime report.
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Scott S. Smith Named As New Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Pittsburgh Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Pittsburgh office has a new special agent in charge. On Monday, the FBI named Scott S. Smith, a veteran agent with ties to northern Ohio, as the office’s new leader, replacing Doug Perdue, a two-year veteran of the post who is embarking on an assignment in Washington D.C., the Pittsburgh…
Justice Department to Train Law Enforcement How to Work with Transgender People
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Transgender people are disproportionately harmed by violence – so much so that the Justice Department is training law enforcement how to handle them as crime victims. The idea is to help identify hate crimes and build more trust with law enforcement, the Associated Press reports. “It’s clear that such a training is as…
FBI Director Comey Delivers Good News – More Staff, Training, Resources in Beefed-up 2014 Budget
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey sought to assure agents and local law enforcement that the bureau plans to increase staff, training and resources in what will be a much less frugal 2014. The Times-Picayune reports that Comey, during his visit to the bureau’s New Orleans Field Office on Thursday, said the beefed-up budget…
Violent Crimes Dropped 5.4% Nationwide for First Half of 2013, Showing More Positive Trends
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Violent crimes dropped by 5.4% in the first half of 2013, compared with the same period in 2013, the New York Times reports. The decline is part of a long reduction in violent crime nationwide. According to the FBI statistics, property crimes also fell. “We have had almost 25 years of a…
FBI Seminar Simulates Dangerous Crimes
By Mark Naymik The Plain Dealer I recently shot and killed a woman. Leaning into her car’s open passenger-side window, I fired my weapon just as she pulled out a pistol, partially hidden under her thigh, and pointed it at me. I was lucky. I should have noticed the pistol sooner. Had I been a…
FBI: Violent MS-13 Gang Members in Custody, Facing Murder and Other Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Consider the streets of Suffolk County, N.Y. that much safer: Five members of the violent street gang MS-13 were named in a indictment unsealed on Monday, the FBI announced later that day. The charges include murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, armed robberies, firearms…