Jackson Jambalaya

I CALL BULL SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great news!

I have a hard time believing those stats.
We already had more homicides that that weeks ago.
Did some of those killed come back to life?

The field house boys are not going to like this!

This is great news. Thank you JPD and Chief Vance!

Do they still say at the COMSTAT meetings that crime is down "a negative 12 percent!?!" Two negatives equal a positive...Thanks, JPS!

JPD loves to minimize crimes or just change the crime itself to reflect these BS numbers.

I.e, House Burglary/Larceny; Agg Assault/ simple assault; Auto Burg/ Pettit larceny.
What a joke.

Do they think they are fooling anyone? Is it for their benefit that they cook the books?
Do they think if they keep lying to us crime will actually drop?
There has to be some reason for all of the fake numbers.
I remember last year the number of homicides were going backward about this time of the year.
Damn, I just thought of something. Is 56 as far as any of the cops can count?
That I can believe.

Looks like Lee Vance's directive to under report and misclassify crimes continues. Please let the new mayor wake up and kick Vance to the curb!

We’re at 59 homicides right now. That’s the official count from JPD’s Commander Jones. It’s also current through this COMSTAT range because we haven’t had a new killing since Nov. 27.

What say ye, JPD?

There are lies, damned lies and statistics....

I know I'm weird, but I actually keep track of these things when they make the news. I've got 57 plus two justified for a total of 59. My notes also show 97 others have been shot, but not died. With a little better aim we'd be pushing the murder rates of the late 90's.

Lumumba is kicking butt and it’s driving all you Repubs crazy!! Keep up the good work Mr Mayor. I look forward to the day you run for a state wide office and you get to bring your skills and message to the entire state!

Justice is a troll. And white. He’s not fooling anyone.

Those of us who live in Precinct 4 know that while any crime is bad, crime in our precinct has been less than that those living in many cities where the variables would make for valid comparisons.
Crime in Jackson is primarily in west and south Jackson. Precincts 1 ( downtown) and 4 are safer than many cities with far more law enforcement resources in comparable downtowns and downtown residential areas.
I continue to be aware of crimes where Madison residents I personally know have been victims but have never been reported. Perhaps, the Madison police fail to report those crimes because these are people who don't want their names in the paper for other than their social activities.
Statistical data doesn't lie, people lie. The data has to be a representative and sufficient sample of the universal data and it has to be gathered and analyzed in the same way when comparing statistics from different areas of the " universe".
It's those with an agenda that don't use valid data who lie. Math is math.
Too many of those commenting have never even looked to see if Madison and Jackson use the same reporting methods or which methods the FBI recommends or how the demographics differences affect national comparisons. Nor do you know the competence level of those in charge of gathering and reporting the data.
Some of you are making it rather obvious that you will believe anything you want to be true and know nothing about math, much less statistics.

The Niknarians are out in force. Jackson improves, flight falls alongside cookie-cutter home values and the proliferation of Mexican restaurants (just none of those “fancy” ones that charge for chips). Better get to calling it “fake news” ASAP.

9:51

I have owned a home/lived in Jackson all my life. I currently reside in Precinct 4 and you are completely outside of your mind.

9:51, how does all of that line of bull excuse JPD for using false figures?
Does it mean JPD can just pull a number out of their ass when it comes to the number of people killed?

You know crime is bad when even the drug pushers have to have Jackson police provide an armed guard for them.

10:24 am I am basing what I wrote on the data of where crime actually occurs by precinct.
And, I actually know how crime statistics are generated.
I suspect your basis is " word of mouth" and remembering the " good old days".
In " the good old days" some crimes weren't reported at all...not by the police or the media. That is particularly true of rape.
" Outside of your mind" is an odd turn of phrase but was amusing as I suspect you suffer from " out of sight, out of mind".