Latest Fact-Checks In Public Safety

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stated on September 22, 2015 a speech
Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."  
Mostly True
September 30, 2015
Butch Conway
Butch Conway
stated on September 16, 2015 press conference
The racial and ethnic makeup of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office mirrors the community it serves.  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 29, 2015
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on September 8, 2015 press release
"Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2015
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on August 23, 2015 TV interview
"The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 20, 2015
Reader
Reader
stated on September 3, 2015 an email from a reader
Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • September 11, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 comments to reporters
Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."
Mostly False
September 1, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland
"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015
Coast Guard
Coast Guard
stated on July 20, 2015 news release
"Every year the First Coast Guard District saves 350 lives in the Northeast."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • August 2, 2015
Atlanta neighborhood association
Atlanta neighborhood association
stated on July 9, 2015 an online community forum
The murder rate in Atlanta is on the rise this year.
True
By April Hunt • July 22, 2015
Police Chief Billy Grogan
Police Chief Billy Grogan
stated on July 14, 2015 press release
Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 21, 2015
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on June 15, 2015 a House floor speech
"Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine."
Half-True
By April Hunt • June 23, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
Rebecca Quigley
Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
stated on May 13, 2015 a radio ad
"Accidents are down 50 percent and injury accidents are down 60 percent" in the rebuilt Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 25, 2015
Eric Turner
Eric Turner
stated on April 7, 2015 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after Connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2015
Russell McMurry
Russell McMurry
stated on May 11, 2015 news reports
Georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.
True
By April Hunt • May 20, 2015
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Dino Baccari
Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.
A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015
Nation of Islam Research Group
Nation of Islam Research Group
stated on April 26, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Baltimore police are "trained by Mossad and Shin Bet."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2015
Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
stated on March 31, 2015 a news report
Delta has had the most animal deaths among U.S. carriers in the past five years
Half-True
By April Hunt • April 29, 2015
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