Lies, more lies, and the Baltimore Mayor's Damned Statistics - Day 20
An ongoing compilation of the coverage of Mayor 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."
March 2, 2006
WJZ-TV reporter Adam May files a story about a bi-partisan bill introduced in the State Legislature to "prohibit police departments from knowingly providing false information about crime reports." This bill called the Accurate Crime Reporting Act apparently is intended to protect police officers from being pressured to skew arrest numbers. Of course, this bipartisan bill did not make mention in the Baltimore Sun with its emphasis on political squabbling.
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."
March 2, 2006
WJZ-TV reporter Adam May files a story about a bi-partisan bill introduced in the State Legislature to "prohibit police departments from knowingly providing false information about crime reports." This bill called the Accurate Crime Reporting Act apparently is intended to protect police officers from being pressured to skew arrest numbers. Of course, this bipartisan bill did not make mention in the Baltimore Sun with its emphasis on political squabbling.
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