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Over half of the overall increase comes from a huge increase in "Disorderly Conduct/Disturbing the Peace" (> 6x), and "Criminal Trespass" (> 3x). Those two cat
by jws 12y ago
Over half of the overall increase comes from a huge increase in "Disorderly Conduct/Disturbing the Peace" (> 6x), and "Criminal Trespass" (> 3x).
Those two categories plus a similar growth buried in "All Other Offenses" accounts for essentially all of the growth in reported crimes.
There is probably a story there somewhere.
- _archon_ 12y agoI agree, and I suspect that it's likely "a cop stops $unsavory_character and wants to charge him with something; as his possession of marijuana is no longer illegal, he must choose something more contrived."
- jws 12y agoDrug violations are also up slightly and the increase from the three named groups is about double the previous year's drug violations.