Chris Hansen Quotes

One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety.

When I went through the Simpson case, I was a cop. Then I was a good cop. Then I was a bad cop. Then I had the media camped out in front of my house when I retired. Then, you know, I am the evilest thing on the planet. Then I write a few books, and then I start getting involved, like the Martha Moxley case.

What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.

I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.

If a kid disappears, now there's Amber Alerts: they know this-this-this. In the '50s, we kids wandered around. Nobody knew what you were doing.

Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.

I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

The vast majority of the online crime cases, we don't even know which continent the attacks are coming from. And even if we are able to find online criminals, quite often there is no outcome. The local police don't act, or if they do, there's not enough evidence, or for some reason we can't take them down.

There are actually times when there are crimes out there in the world and I find myself trying to figure it out and I ask myself, what am I doing?

Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away.

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer.

I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed.

Cops and robbers resemble each other, so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

Evidence from mobile devices has provided critical help in solving crimes ranging from homicides to drug trafficking.

I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator.

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

Our Constitution does not require that all crimes be solved.

You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime.

A confession is wholly and incontestably voluntary only if a guilty person gives himself up to the law and becomes his own accuser.

I actually met a cop who worked with street gangs. I wanted to understand what drives someone who deals with very hardened criminals on a daily basis. How do you turn that off when you go home at night?

I always had a lot of respect for the hard work and the hours and the dedication it takes to do these jobs but even more now, yes. The fact that we've gotten the opportunity to go to the FBI and meet the people who do this for real and also have consultations with them.

The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.