NewsWhore
04-25-2011, 06:50 PM
Lawyer Leila Mejia observes that the Police recently used crime statistics to lie about the rising crime situation. She says that to make the point that crime was on the decline, the Police compared statistics in January and February to those of December, instead of to January and February in the previous year. She says that traditionally, crime rises in December.
"What would have been correct is to compare the statistics with the same months of the year to determine if there was any effective reduction, but this was not what the Police did, because the results would not have been favorable".
In an op-ed contribution to El Caribe, Mejia says that according to information from the Police, there were 204 violent deaths in January 2011, while in January 2010 there were 197. This means crime was up 3.5%. Something similar happened in February. While in 2011 there were 187 deaths, in February 2010 the violent death toll was 173, for an increase of almost 12%. Homicides were up 7.8% in the first two months of the year, compared to the same period in 2010.
"The great paradox is that the information on violent deaths in 2010, prepared and published by the Prosecutor General uses the data provided by the National Police as its source, so they are very aware of this information," she writes.
She concludes: "Please, we Dominicans are not so dumb. If it is to tell us such blatant lies, they would be better off not saying anything."
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"What would have been correct is to compare the statistics with the same months of the year to determine if there was any effective reduction, but this was not what the Police did, because the results would not have been favorable".
In an op-ed contribution to El Caribe, Mejia says that according to information from the Police, there were 204 violent deaths in January 2011, while in January 2010 there were 197. This means crime was up 3.5%. Something similar happened in February. While in 2011 there were 187 deaths, in February 2010 the violent death toll was 173, for an increase of almost 12%. Homicides were up 7.8% in the first two months of the year, compared to the same period in 2010.
"The great paradox is that the information on violent deaths in 2010, prepared and published by the Prosecutor General uses the data provided by the National Police as its source, so they are very aware of this information," she writes.
She concludes: "Please, we Dominicans are not so dumb. If it is to tell us such blatant lies, they would be better off not saying anything."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)