06-21-2007, 04:05 PM
Interesting stats, there, Kapohocat. While they are three years old, that is fairly recent for crime stats. The thing that interests me most was the fact that the percent of crimes cleared (presumably that means solved, resulted in arrest, etc.) has steadily and dramatically dropped since about 1998-99. In some categories only half as many are cleared in the latest years reported vs. a few years earlier. And this in the face of significantly fewer crimes reported in most categories. Unless I am grossly misunderstanding something here (quite possible) the effectiveness of the police in solving crimes has drastically declined. What's up?