It's not so easy to "segregate out good data from bad data or good cops from bad cops," adds Jason Schultz, the institute's research lead for law and policy, another author on the study.
At the press conference, Robillard said that the officers identified themselves as cops, adding there's "no doubt in my mind that the three occupants in the vehicle knew they were police officers".
But the cop added that he doesn't dispute use of the phrase "serial killer" as it's been tossed around in local and national press.
Pipelines and greenhouse gas emissions are one thing, but today one cop added a spike in local crime to the list.
Another former top cop added, "Stop-and-frisk is done because something in your head is telling you there is something going on," as in someone fits a description.
The cop added that for a case to go this far south, there must have been something about the people involved that made investigators skeptical, whether it was the location or evidence at the crime scene.
Rall said he couldn't "point to a single positive experience I've ever had with a cop," adding that he'd had "lots and lots of negative ones".
"I was with him the whole night!" Just as Patton was with him all night, a rep for the actress tells Gossip Cop, adding that the couple "are happily vacationing in Florida" now.
It's the cops," he added.
