President speaks to annual police chiefs conference after policing experts said they would investigate the existence of controversial ‘Ferguson effect’ theoryBarack Obama cautioned an audience of police officers against cherry-picking crime data as policing experts said they would investigate whether less aggressive policing tactics may have driven an increase in crime,a controversial theory dubbed the “Ferguson effect.”“We do have to stick with the facts,” the president said in a speech on Monday to the International organization of Chiefs of Police. “What we can’t do is cherry-pick data or exhaust anecdotal evidence to drive policy or to feed political agendas.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com