Crime down?

Do you know anyone, beside the Mayor, who feels that crime has decreased? Any police who believe it?

If the numbers have gone down it is because people have stopped reporting crime since it doesn't get addressed, or investigated or solved, unless it is high profile. All you get is a report number for your insurance carrier. As if everyone was insured.

I can guarantee you that the perception of crime has not decreased. Everywhere I go people are looking for help lowering the crime rate. The Mayor claims that there are no gangs, but is happy to get funds to combat them.

The other reason crime might be down is because people are scared to go out. Downtown is empty. Even Pawlowski says you need three elements to have crime, a victim, opportunity and a criminal. We have plenty of the later, but are lacking in the former. Perhaps that is the Pawlowski Plan - if every one moves out, the rate will go down some more.

Let me know if you think that the crime rate has decreased, and you feel safer this year than last year.