[Mpls] Crime stats and Minneapolis residents getting skewed

[David Brauer]

Vicky here: 
Apparently a person must die to be counted as a crime these days.  My
understanding is that an incident is considered "medical" if an ambulance is
called. A police report is not recorded unless the VICTIM requests one.

Me:

We've seen such "understandings" be faulty in the past. Hopefully, someone
from the Police Department can comment on whether the police won't count a
shooting unless a victim requests a crime report (!).

In any event, no one questions that murders are accurately reported crime
stats. Lt. Reinhart's numbers indicates that number of murders (on the North
side, anyway) has been cut in half since 1995.

Sometimes, progress must be acknowledged and appreciated.

David Brauer
Kingfield