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....and that's from the police.Ken Jones, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers' (Acpo), said he was "baffled" by the description of crime levels and called for political leaders to be more "calm, measured and objective" in public statements about crime.
"You talk about the London murder rate and it's a real problem, but if you look at similar cities in the US it's about five times lower," he said in an interview.
"People are distorting the figures for their own ends and I think we need to try and rebuild trust."
Mr Jones said he did not think it was a deliberate attempt to go out and distort, but displayed "a lack of trust in the data".
"We are facing the lowest risk of being a victim of crime for over a quarter of a century. Violent crime is at the lowest it has been since the mid-90s," he added.
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Is that the typical way the police explain stats? Look at similar cities in the US?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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surely new york is only US city that is similar in size to london in any case."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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No- they typically refer back to previous years within the UK (which he's done).
Comparing UK stats to the US are usually only done if they're looking for a really easy way of pointing out that things could be much worse.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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It's a way to try to show "it's not a problem, we're doing a good job". Some people are pretty naive to trust police officers doling out crime stats.Originally posted by DinoDoc
Is that the typical way the police explain stats? Look at similar cities in the US?www.my-piano.blogspotComment
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The police officers aren't doling out crime stats.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Ken Jones, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers' (Acpo), said he was "baffled" by the description of crime levels and called for political leaders to be more "calm, measured and objective" in public statements about crime.
"You talk about the London murder rate and it's a real problem, but if you look at similar cities in the US it's about five times lower," he said in an interview.www.my-piano.blogspotComment
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The stats in question are the British Crime Survey statistics, which are not produced by the police. Do you feel police officers should be banned from commenting on them, or how they reflect their own professional experiences?The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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