Chuck Canturbury Quotes

Arresting people is not going to lower the crime rate

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

The real answer to the problem of crime committed by persons on bail, and indeed the solution to the general problem of crime, lies not in preventive detention of individuals presumed innocent, but in the speedy trial of the accused and the swift and sure punishment of the guilty.

It is unfair to the public to pretend that law enforcement efforts more than a marginal solution to the problem of crime.

Crime is not going to be stopped by police departments. You have to have police departments but alone they cannot stop crime.

Calling for police reform is not calling for police retribution.

We need to hold accountable anyone who has misused power, and put that power to work for the common good. That includes, but goes beyond, police reform.

There's an enormous amount of corruption, and as one American adviser put it to me, "The police in Afghanistan are thugs. We equip them, we train them, and now they are equipped and trained thugs."

I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

We've prosecuted police, dozens of them over the years.

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

When the culture of police departments is sometimes infused with bias or preconceived ideas against certain groups, there needs to be reform and retraining throughout. And unfortunately, we cannot rely on local departments to police themselves; we need intervention from the top.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.

It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

When things fall apart you sometimes can see more. You might even be able to see how to put things back together.

To control violence [and other crime] requires a police system of professional investigations and good equipment. We don’t have it.

Police have been given the very confusing and unpleasant task of being society's char cleaners ... so they lie and stick together.

There is no system of regulation or law that can prevent crime, white collar or otherwise.

The most malign of all these dangers today is disregard and disobedience of law. Crime is increasing. Confidence in rigid and speedy justice is decreasing.