NY Post Expose: NYPD Fakes Crime Stats
by Robert Lederman
If you're one of the people who roll your eyes in disgust every time I refer
to "America's Mayor" Rudolph Giuliani, faking crime stats to make himself
look, good here's the latest vindication for my claims.
According to the NY Post article below the NYPD is investigating itself for
faking crime stats by re-categorizing serious crimes - including murder and
rape - as lesser ones in order to make it appear that crime went down.
Rather than being an isolated incident or the misdeed of one precinct
commander, the reality is that this was an official but unstated policy
throughout the entire Giuliani administration. If you are skeptical about
this article or would like to imagine it's a smear by Democrats, please note
that the NY Post is NYC's most rightwing, pro-Giuliani and pro-NYPD
newspaper.
For the real story on America's phoniest hero and the eight year crime spree
known as, "The Giuliani Legacy" see http://baltech.org/lederman/
When you consider the way GW Bush and Giuliani have recently made public
records from their administrations completely off-limits to reporters,
historians and the public and that Giuliani's specialty as the number three
man in the Reagan-Bush Justice Department was compiling crime statistics,
this little article in the Post is very significant.
If they'd even lie about the real number of murders and rapes committed in
NYC as part of their routine policy what wouldn't they lie about?
9/11? The real purpose of the fake war on terror? Why Giuliani sprayed NYC
with nerve gas invented in Nazi Germany each Summer for his last three years
in office? What actually destroyed the twin towers?
Last week both the Post and Daily News mentioned that Giuliani might replace
Dick Cheney on the 2004 Bush Presidential ticket. If you still think it's a
distasteful analogy to compare these men and their political careers to the
rise of Nazi Germany, check out the extensive documented evidence on my
website. Their links to the Nazis, eugenics and fascism are verifiable to
anyone who dares to open their eyes and read the evidence.
NY Post 3/14/2002
NYPD PROBES NUMBERS GAME ON CRIME STATS
By LARRY CELONA
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March 14, 2002 -- EXCLUSIVE
A Bronx police precinct is under investigation by NYPD Internal Affairs for
allegedly doctoring crime statistics - after The Post uncovered evidence
that books were being cooked.
Documents obtained by The Post show a rape recorded in the 50th Precinct was
logged as a lesser crime - thus giving a rare look into what some beat cops
say is a statistical sleight of hand used by their commanders.
According to many patrol officers, commanders sometimes reclassify major
crimes like murder, assault, robbery and rape as lesser offenses to make it
appear they are winning the war on crime. But downgrading crimes is a
serious violation, and commanders in the past have been removed for such
actions.
In the incident at the 50th Precinct, the March 8 rape of a woman at a
Bailey Avenue hotel was recorded as an "inconclusive" incident.
Only on Tuesday, after The Post started asking questions, was the crime
properly classified as rape.
In the alleged sex attack, the suspect forced his estranged, 37-year-old
wife to have sex at the hotel after she refused.
The victim originally reported the attack to the 52nd Precinct, which
classified it in its records as a sex assault.
But after the assault was transferred to the 50th Precinct - because of the
hotel's location - it was downgraded to "inconclusive."
It remained inconclusive, even after the Bronx district attorney last
Saturday charged the man with first-degree rape and other sex crimes.
It was changed to a sex assault only yesterday, the same day a Post reporter
phoned.
On Tuesday, 50th Precinct commander Capt. Thomas DiRusso denied wrongdoing.
"I have nothing to hide," he said. The department routinely inspects
precinct crime statistics for irregularities.
Officers complain that commanders who reclassify crimes want to make it
appear they are keeping crime down, thus boosting their chance for
promotion.
In 1998, Capt. Daniel Castro, a promising young commander and one of the
department's rising stars, lost his command after a review found he achieved
an 80 percent crime drop after downgrading crimes like robbery and theft to
"missing property."
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/43572.htm
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