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Oilwellian

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10. Could this be why crime numbers are down?

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 06:05 PM

Mar 2012

Is CompStat used nationwide?

CompStat," he says. "This is the driving force behind the NYPD's obsession with numbers."

Norinsberg says his office has been "flooded with e-mails from other officers who have reported downgrading and non-reporting of crime merely to pad their commander's stats."

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The NYPD Tapes Confirmed [View all] Blue_Tires Mar 2012 OP

Why didnt the "liberal media" pick up on this? rhett o rick Mar 2012 #1

Officer Had Backup: Secret Tapes CitizenK9 Mar 2012 #7

Shouldn't there be a "Whistle Blower" protection case going on here? socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #2

The truly scary thing? CompStat was copied by police departments everywhere- X_Digger Mar 2012 #3

Pretty much all of them. The same all of them that have been doing... TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #5

Thanks For Posting, k and r..nt Stuart G Mar 2012 #4

This American Life did a great segment on this, using those tapes ..... marble falls Mar 2012 #6

Geez! Wonder where the buck stops? Surely not with his indepat Mar 2012 #8

The spirit of Serpico lives on Taverner Mar 2012 #9

Could this be why crime numbers are down? Oilwellian Mar 2012 #10