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So, you like to use stats to make your arguments? How honest are those stats? (Read 686 times)

Flapp_Jackson

So, you like to use stats to make your arguments? How honest are those stats?
« on: August 08, 2025, 12:22:31 PM »
DC Police Commander accused of intentionally falsifying crime data.

it's alleged that when a major crime is being investigated, a high ranking officer will show up and order the responding officers to downgrade the charged crimes in their official reports.  So, a shooting would be an assault, a car jacking is a theft, etc.

If the crimes are being classified as lesser offenses, then there's no evidence of falsifying the data -- except of course the facts of each case that should have been a more severe charge.

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changemyoil66

Re: So, you like to use stats to make your arguments? How honest are those stats?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2025, 10:56:13 AM »
Add in how many reports were talked out of being made.

I know a few here who were talked out of making a report and witnessed 1 myself.  They had to ask for a supervisor.

Many years ago I looked at the crime map of just the Vegas strip. There were  4 rapes the entire year.
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