I'm going to call BS on this. So many sensationalist stories were written about how there's "a spike in crime," but they're comparing this year to last year! Of

I'm going to call BS on this. So many sensationalist stories were written about how there's "a spike in crime," but they're comparing this year to last year! Of course there was a spike in crime, last year there was a pandemic and national lockdown. Crime shifted to online and domestic, and now that the country is opening back up it's shifting back. Take a look at the actual reported felony offenses and you'll see that yes there's a YTD spike this year, but it's still below where it was in 2019. YTD crimes: 2019 - 10,963 2020 - 9,022 2021 - 9,928 Really the only scary increases in crime have been in domestic violence (which I bet also explains the increase in murders). See https://www.atlantapd.org/home/showpublisheddocument/3037/637138921337600000 https://www.atlantapd.org/home/showpublisheddocument/3037/63... Also I'd really question wanting to retain police in a department that were so fickle they'd allow violent crimes to occur because they aren't worshiped enough. That is a type of self-centered police officer I'd like to leave anyways.