Friday, October 18, 2019

And the Crime Stats Suddenly Appear

Well, somebody reads this website at Jackson City Hall.  JJ reported yesterday that the city had not updated the crime reports on its website since February.   JJ submitted a public records request over a month ago for the most recent UCR report and received the report for.... July.  The post got someone's attention because guess what appeared on the website just a few hours later?




Thank you, very much.  Much appreciated.  However, the UCR reports don't give the YTD and "year over year" comparisons that Comstat provided thus it is still very difficult to determine whether crime is improving. The August crime stats are posted below.

WLBT took notice and reported the updated crime stats last night.  However. the story included this unintentionally humorous passage:

 The Jackson Police Department posted its first updated crime statistics since February, a move that came after questions from 3 On Your Side to members of the JPD command staff over the department’s eight-month delay in providing them to the public....
When reached for comment Thursday about the UCR reports that at that point had not been released, Davis deferred to Assistant Chief Ricky Robinson because he was out of town.
Robinson told 3 On Your Side Thursday afternoon that they were working on getting the documents on the city’s website.

Less than an hour later, those statistics were made available to the public. Article

 Just a coincidence.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

214 assaults in one month. For a city of 165k. That's not good

Anonymous said...

Based upon the report, it appears JPD cannot spell the word "Criminal" correctly, so it comes as no surprise that "ciminal" homicide is on the rise.

Anonymous said...

Shocker! Crime happens in poor areas.

JWB said...

The monthly crime stats give me zero confidence in the numbers released. Take the August 2019 report and compare the "Last Month" numbers on it to the ones reported for the "This Month" on the July 2019 report and look and the inaccuracies. More discrepancies than matches.

Anonymous said...

2021 is fast approaching, the man is a horrible Mayor but he is far from stupid.

Cynical Sam said...

I am sure it is just a coincidence that the report was just released. Remember, they are products of the JPS and it takes a lot of fingers and toes to add up those numbers.

Justice for Crime Stats said...

Good to know real journalists still exist. Thank you WLBT for calling out our city and forcing them to report the truth.

Anonymous said...

Those steps are not ADA compliant. How are all those Wal-Mart-Scooter-Riders pose to get to work?

Anonymous said...

'Based upon the report, it appears JPD cannot spell the word "Criminal" correctly, so it comes as no surprise that "ciminal" homicide is on the rise.'

They meant SEMINAL, which is the root of most gunfire.

Anonymous said...

"Shocker! Crime happens in poor areas."

What do you mean by that? Make yourself clear! Are you suggestion people with lower incomes have no moral compass and don't know right from wrong?

Ophelia said...

Oh, 4:25, you ninny, nobody is suggesting that poor people have no “moral compass,” or that they inherently cannot distinguish right from wrong. If I may answer for 10:33, it is indisputable that more crime happens in poor areas because they just don’t seem to believe there’s much to lose by squeezing off a few rounds at some bro who pisses them off. They are uneducated, so have little ability to assess a situation and weigh consequences, the way someone with more money, background, and education might. That’s why we get all excited when an upper-middle-class person commits a crime: it’s pretty rare, therefore more newsworthy. For every Sheldon Alston in custody, there are about ninety dozen or so Ke’Terious or Quontavions being rounded up (then promptly let loose, but that is another topic for another day).

Anonymous said...

4:25 pm Please look at FBI crime data...or any research on causes of crime.

Crime is almost non-existent in affluent areas. One factor of many is that homes in poverty stricken areas are less secure.

For everyone who loves to jump on Jackson's crime stats: If you really want to solve a problem, the first thing to do is to understand the problem. The FBI provides research and provide information about what solutions have had some success. There is a long history of crime from which to gather information, but if you don't bother to learn, you will remain ignorant.


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