Lies, more lies, and the Baltimore Mayor's damned statistics - Day 5
An ongoing compilation of the coverage of O'Malley's use of false/misleading crime statistics.
"On a scale of one to 10 -- . . . 10 being the best -- how would you characterize the accuracy of the city's crime reporting since 2000? "Mayor Martin O'Malley replies: "I would say we're somewhere north of a 9.8."
February 15, 2006
Jayne Miller at WBAL-TV updates her investigation with this report. The report notes that O'Malley would not object to an independent audit. City Council President Sheila Dixon first agrees, then says "an audit is all about politics and there's no evidence the city's crime numbers are anything but accurate." Buried at the end of the report, is news that some city police officers have described to reporters pressure from commanders to underreport crime!
David Collins at WBAL-TV reports that "lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday calling for an audit of 911 calls, 311 calls and the state medical examiner's office." He quotes Montgomery County Sen. Jennie Forehand, "Anyone who is a victim of a crime really deserves to know that they will be treated with respect and the crime will be fully investigated and reported."
WJZ-TV reports that "Maryland lawmakers called for an audit Wednesday of Baltimore's crime statistics." One lawmaker, Delegate Jill Carter from Baltimore, said, ""The numbers of bodies in the Coroner's office are not matching up with the numbers of homicides and other deaths we are finding in the city."
Doug Donovan at the Sun authored an article about O'Malley's defense of his crime data. He writes that O'Malley says "Baltimore does more to internally verify and review its crime reports than most cities and that the process is so thorough as to make unnecessary a one-time annual audit as extensive as the one conducted six years ago." The article references Baltimore City Councilman Ken Harris's call for O'Malley to call for an independent audit "to put closure to the matter." The article says that O'Malley refused to call for an independent audit.
No word from the Sun about the discrepancy in O'Malley's homicide numbers.
"On a scale of one to 10 -- . . . 10 being the best -- how would you characterize the accuracy of the city's crime reporting since 2000? "Mayor Martin O'Malley replies: "I would say we're somewhere north of a 9.8."
February 15, 2006
Jayne Miller at WBAL-TV updates her investigation with this report. The report notes that O'Malley would not object to an independent audit. City Council President Sheila Dixon first agrees, then says "an audit is all about politics and there's no evidence the city's crime numbers are anything but accurate." Buried at the end of the report, is news that some city police officers have described to reporters pressure from commanders to underreport crime!
David Collins at WBAL-TV reports that "lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday calling for an audit of 911 calls, 311 calls and the state medical examiner's office." He quotes Montgomery County Sen. Jennie Forehand, "Anyone who is a victim of a crime really deserves to know that they will be treated with respect and the crime will be fully investigated and reported."
WJZ-TV reports that "Maryland lawmakers called for an audit Wednesday of Baltimore's crime statistics." One lawmaker, Delegate Jill Carter from Baltimore, said, ""The numbers of bodies in the Coroner's office are not matching up with the numbers of homicides and other deaths we are finding in the city."
Doug Donovan at the Sun authored an article about O'Malley's defense of his crime data. He writes that O'Malley says "Baltimore does more to internally verify and review its crime reports than most cities and that the process is so thorough as to make unnecessary a one-time annual audit as extensive as the one conducted six years ago." The article references Baltimore City Councilman Ken Harris's call for O'Malley to call for an independent audit "to put closure to the matter." The article says that O'Malley refused to call for an independent audit.
No word from the Sun about the discrepancy in O'Malley's homicide numbers.
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