Captain King. Well, actually, I don’t know.
Mr. Hubert. Let me put it this way: You had decided not to do it?
Captain King. That’s correct—we did not do it.
Mr. Hubert. And you expressed your view to him that it should not be done?
Captain King. We expressed to him the statement of the chief that the department was not going to do it. I think the chief had indicated to the FBI we would not, or at least, this was what he told us at any rate.
Mr. Hubert. Do you know if any studies have been made or policies changed since this incident in the police department with reference to relations with the press?
Captain King. There has not been any change in our written policy, only I know the chief has said—I heard him say on more than one occasion that if we were faced with the same circumstances again, he would certainly restrict the presence of the newsmen there and we would act differently from the manner in which we did this time, but so far as any change having been made in the written policy of the department, I don’t know anything about it.
Mr. Hubert. Of course, it is always easier in retrospect to know what is the best thing to do, but part of a study after all is to see what is the best thing to do.
Captain King. Oh, yes; I think you could probably get an excellent argument with a lot of points on both sides right now on a discussion of what the proper treatment of the newsmen would be.
Mr. Hubert. Given this same situation?