FBI Director James Comey signed off to add animal cruelty offenses to the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). In addition, local agencies will begin tracking animal cruelty offenses and report them to the FBI.First off, I can't find a FBI press release or anything else to substantiate this. I would think that if the FBI was really going to do this, they'd at least issue a press release. Blowing their own horn is something that the FBI excels at doing.
But even if the report is true, it's not that the FBI has gotten all soft and cuddly about animals. What they may have finally processed through their thick bureaucratic skulls is that animal abuse cases are often an indicator that somebody is working their way towards being a serial killer.
Quite the pessimist, aren't we?
ReplyDeleteSeems like this is more about trying to get in front of state legislation making animal cruelty more serious crimes. Plus, the onus will be on local/State PDs to collect and report; the FBI just aggregates. A shockingly far-sighted move for an otherwise hidebound agency.
ReplyDeleteGFY, yeah, well, until I see an FBI press release on it, I'm not buying.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with being a pessimist. One should remember, that an optimist is continually disappointed while a pessimist is occasionally pleasantly surprised.
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