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Manipulation of Crime Statistics and Use of Tax Dollars for Campaigning Revealed
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2004
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2004, page 28
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Government Misconduct,
Crime,
Statistics/Trends,
Disclosure of Records.
Locations:
Georgia,
Washington.
The public entrusts its law enforcement officials to protect it from crime and to use the tax dollars it provides to fulfill that duty. The manipulation of that trust has come to light. An Atlanta audit reveals that police officers caused more than 22,000 crime reports ...
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