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2024-06-05 21:25:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6779E0AAD43619714067981E6F9DF2B436D141CED221F34FB770523E966D0259
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In 2022, 31% of police departments nationwide including LA & NYC, didn’t report crime data to the FBI. This makes crime counts unreliable & non-comparable to past periods. The national crime victimization survey shows per capita violent crime up 17% vs 2015-19 avg https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-media-say-crime-is-going-down-dont-believe-it-e5b07784 https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/ncvs https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/cv22.pdf https://crimeresearch.org/2024/04/the-collapse-in-law-enforcement-as-arrest-rates-plummet-people-have-been-less-willing-to-report-crime/
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