• tsonfeir@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Crimes have to be reported and accepted as crimes to be considered crimes in crime statistics.

    Edit: wow this criticism of police went terribly. Kinda surprised.

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      6 months ago

      So the crime rate was probably even higher before smart phones and social media.

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        6 months ago

        Maybe. But, I’ve filed several police reports in the past couple years. Things like car break-ins, firearm brandishing on the freeway, package theft with enough info to easily catch them, etc. no one ever calls back. It’s a good thing I don’t need “god” to be good haha.