FBI Director James Comey says the spike is at least in part the result of what is being called the “Ferguson effect” — the increased scrutiny of officers in the wake of several highly ...

Since then, top-ranking law enforcement officers and policymakers have debated the impact of the so-called “Ferguson effect” — officers becoming less proactive in their policing out of a ...

ATLANTA — The so-called “Ferguson effect” — officers backing off of policing out of fear that their actions will be questioned after the fact — has been talked about but never really ...

The thesis is called the “Ferguson effect.” Former President Barack Obama’s FBI Director James Comey bought this theory, but the Obama White House did not. Many academic studies have ...

For the past year, defenders of police have been raising the specter of the “Ferguson effect”: the theory that protests against police shootings and brutality have made police afraid of doing ...

“The Ferguson Effect is a real thing. Police officers started to back away from enforcement,” Knezovich said. “You saw it across the nation. You wonder why you see less and less enforcement ...

Sparks flew during a CNN segment Tuesday night after 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky said the “Ferguson effect” and less police presence in communities leads to spikes in violent crime.

Manhattan Institute Fellow Heather Mac Donald on her new book, “The War on Cops,” and why black communities suffer most without proactive policing.

The Ferguson effect is a real thing: Gutfeld Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and the panel discuss claims of 'fudged' FBI crime statistics and CNN not understanding the 'Ferguson Effect' on ‘Gutfeld ...