Jackson Jambalaya

Glad to see other municipalities reporting their crime stats.

I find it interesting that the percentage comparison of number of crimes vs population is nearly identical between Jackson and Madison - both are 0.1%. Who would have thought?

You are dreaming if you think the per capita crime rates are the same.

I did the math, and 4:58 is correct. What does that really tell us though?

Show us your math.

Madison population: 16,930
Number of crimes last week: 17
17 / 16,930 = 0.100413%

Jackson population: 173,861
Number of crimes last week: 195
195 / 173,861 = 0.112159 %

You can argue over the 0.01% difference if you want, but the two percentages are damn near the same.

the difference is nearly all madco crimes occur either at county line road or in/near canton

LMAO. Hey everybody, the Jackson gomers, er, homers say that crime is as low in Jacktown as it is in Madison. You believe that, right?

@1:37 The crimes are for Madison the city, not Madison County.

oh. but i will stand by that comment for madco in general...

2:09, can you debate the guy/gal's math?

The extent you Jackson gomers will go to mislead that Jacktown is safe is extremely funny.

Jackson's reported crimes for the time period are major crimes (pg 4).

Here is the summary of the crimes from Madison:

02/22/2010 - stolen checks
02/22/2010 - credit card used without permission
02/22/2010 - copper downspouts from business building.
02/22/2010 - arrest for driving with a suspended license, expired tag and no insurance.
02/22/2010 - arrest @ the Madison Justice Complex on two warrants for auto burglary
02/22/2010 - arrest for driving with a suspended license, driving without headlights, no insurance, providing false identification, possession of marijuana and warrant for contempt of court
02/23/2010 - arrest for driving under the influence, possession of marijuana and careless driving
02/23/2010 - arrest for possession of marijuana, careless driving and on a warrant for contempt of court
02/23/2010 - arrest on a warrant for contempt of court
02/23/2010 - arrest on a warrant for contempt of court
02/23/2010 - purse stolen from unlocked vehicle at business location
02/23/2010 - arrest for driving under the influence and speeding
02/24/2010 - arrest @ Madison Justice Complex on a warrant for contempt of court
02/24/2010 - arrest for receiving stolen property.
02/24/2010 - arrest for driving with a suspended license, no insurance and disregarding a traffic device.
02/25/2010 - arrest for driving under the influence and no insurance.
02/25/2010 - arrest for driving under the influence and careless driving.
02/26/2010 - resident reported debit card accidentally left at a grocery store fraudulently used at various locations across the metro Jackson area
02/27/2010 - arrest for driving under the influence.
02/28/2010 - arrest for driving under the influence, careless driving and possession of marijuana.
02/28/2010 - camera reported stolen from unlocked vehicle at residence 14 days prior

If you see an equivalency to Jackson's major crimes and a half-dozen DUIs, a handful of possession charges, some contempt of court warrant arrests, etc in Madison then please, by all means, gloat in your ignorance. It isn't news to anyone that you live in denial.

I thought Madison was free of crime?

Time to move to Gluckstadt.

A bunch of Fondren businesses were burgled in the middle of the storm early a.m. (Not that that qualifies as news since it happens so frequently). The thugs threw things like manhole covers through windows and glass doors to gain access.

Let the "healing" begin!

Please Jane. PLEASE. Kaze is simply not going to stand by and allow you to talk about his Jackson that way. It is the Power of NOW. We have to expect and accept that we have no choice but to tolerate crime. If Brad says it is so, IT IS SO!

Look on the bright side Jane. At least they were robbin' local.

If I'm not mistaken, Kaze's boss owns at least one of the buildings where at least two of the businesses were burgled.

So, I can see why Kaze might not like people to talk about the crime problem.

All I know is that few of these small businesses are raking in tons of money (especially these days) and can ill afford to be frequently burgled.

You can always count on our new Mayor of Fondren Kamikaze. He's more interested in blurring the realities of Jackson crime from public view "because it gives fodder to our neighboring detractors" ~ his words at the JFP ~ than he is interested in addressing the problem. Kamikaze would rather we use softer more friendly terms like crime is our "blossoming city problem" ~ his words on Facebook. No matter how hard he efforts to present himself as new leadership he is, so far, mired hip deep in the word subterfuge of Jackson's same old leadership.

i drove the length of caapitol st. yesterday to i-220 and back. fairly well shocking. i recall it from the 60's being a neat, friendly, well-kept area. no more. fondren in 10-20 years....