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LAPD Fudging Crime Stats
Los Angeles has been held up as a paragon of data-driven policing—using data to deploy officers and set targets for crime reduction. But a series of Los Angeles Times investigations has found that the LAPD has consistently misclassified violent crimes as less-serious offenses for years.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLos Angeles has been held up as a paragon of data-driven policing—using data to deploy officers and set targets for crime reduction. But a series of Los Angeles Times investigations has found that the LAPD has consistently misclassified violent crimes as less-serious offenses for years.
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The full episode
1 of 5LAPD Fudges Crime Stats, Tower Records Doc, and Tipping Debate- 0:00LAPD Fudging Crime StatsYou’re reading this
- 8:34New CA Gun Control Measure Introduced
- 15:53Web Roundup: Leap and Other Failed Startups
- 25:23The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
- 40:17To Tip Or Not To Tip?