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by jjeaff
686 days ago
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I'm sure, like anything, there is incentive and opportunity to manipulate the numbers. but I don't think it would be easy to do without being found out. Police precincts do a lot of paperwork and behind any statistics, they are going to need the paperwork for individual cases to back up the numbers they submit. and if they are going to under report, they will need to destroy a lot of paperwork. but my intuition is that while leadership may want to under report crime, cops will usually want to report as much as possible to prove that they are busy and necessary. so the balance likely gets us acceptably accurate numbers. |
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For example, go here:
https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crim...
Look at Florida: "The 2022 estimated Crime statistics for Florida are based on data received from 403 of 758 participating law enforcement agencies in the state that year."
That's 54% participation.
Look at Oregon: "The 2022 estimated Crime statistics for Oregon are based on data received from 215 of 236 participating law enforcement agencies in the state that year."
That's 91% participation.
Why don't police departments in Florida report? Why aren't Floridians demanding that reporting? Florida has incarceration rates double of Oregon by the way. Do Floridians not want to look at that uncomfortable fact?
Portland has been pilloried in the news the last few years as the example of liberalism gone wrong. But, IMHO, liberals are asking questions about law enforcement, and when you report fully, there are going to be examples of wrong doing. If you just don't report, then it is easy to hide.
A few days ago I had to collect the body of my cat from the Polk County Florida sheriff's department so I called to make sure I had the hours of operation right. I was on hold and told over and over "Crime is at a 50 year low!" It felt like propaganda, and it feels even more so like propaganda after seeing the above.