The Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD) has wrongly classified 1,200 violent crimes,
largely aggravated assaults, as minor crimes, such as simple
assault, an extensive review of case reports by the Los Angeles
Times
found. Police brass insist any mistakes were inadvertent. If
they were, the Times notes, there would be a corresponding
number of minor crimes improperly classified. There wasn’t.
The Times spoke to several LAPD officers who criticized
what looks like an attempt to cook the books on crime statistics in
Los Angeles. The Times
reports:
“Every little game like this has been tried over the years,”
said the sergeant, who asked that his name not be published because
he feared punishment for criticizing the department. “All of a
sudden, we’re going to put somebody in jail for theft, but we’ll
call it something else [embezzlement]?”Officers said it is widely believed that if their division
repeatedly fails to meet targets for crime reduction, their chances
of being promoted will be seriously harmed.
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