Vicky here:
Apparently a person must die to be counted as a crime these days. My
understanding is that an incident is considered medical if an ambulance is
called. A police report is not recorded unless the VICTIM requests one.
Me:
We've seen such understandings be faulty in the past.
Since it is not Murderapolis should we instead call it Rapeapolis or
some other marketing title to denote the lucrative drug sales opportunities?
Minneapolis had the distinction of having one of the highest rape rates for
major cities in the United States for several years. Of course that is
First-off, we all know (or should know) that statistics can and are used to
support many different positions. Both from the far-right and from the
far-left, on any given issue.
I'd feel much better about using statistical crime stats to analize the
quality of life we're experiencing in our
Dennis Plante wrote:
I'd feel much better about using statistical crime stats to analyze
the quality of life we're experiencing in our city, if there were some
bigger plan in place that would allow us (as citizens) to determine
whether or elected officials and paid officials were actually doing
