[USA] LAPD Shoots Back: We're NOT Fudging Crime Stats / LA Voice, 27 Jan 2007
http://www.lavoice.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2575
"In the wake of the glowing LAPD crime report, I asked whether the department is fudging our stats or actually refraining from reporting certain crimes in order to bring down the crime rate. I quoted citizen anecdotes pointing to crimes left unanswered, and newspaper reports about confirmed statistics manipulation in New York City during and following then-chief William Bratton's tenure there, and wondered whether the L.A. anecdotes might be symptomatic of a similar phenomenon: police officers giving a less-than-accurate tally of crimes reported in order to keep pace with crime-reduction goals set by the COMPSTAT program. The LAPD Blog has responded with a resounding NO."