Shots not fired
Because crime (and the people who fight it) has become such a big issue in Albany over the last year, this stat jumped out at us while reading a story in the TU recently: "From January to June last year there were 52 confirmed shots fired and 26 gunshot victims in Albany. Over that same period this year there were 28 confirmed shots fired and eight victims."
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Let's see:
2008: 52/26 = 50% hit rate
2009: 28/8 = 28.6% hit rate
Clearly the aim of the average gunman in Albany is going down.
Obviously, we need a program to improve this to former levels as we cannot be seen as a below average city!
Is there stimulus money for that?
... said komradebob on Jun 2, 2009 at 1:42 PM | link
That's an especially good sign given that increases in violent crime tend to coincide with a bad economy and higher unemployment rate.
... said Kevin Marshall on Jun 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM | link
Those statistics are heavily skewed due to underreporting and would be scoffed at in our neighborhood.
Ask Dr. Morgenbesser to share his database of shots fired, gunshot victims, and victims of violent crime. I would be willing to bet he is singing a different tune than Jim Miller of the APD. And, quite frankly, I will trust the citizen over the paid bureaucrat who has an inrerest in underreporting.
It is clear to many of our neighbors that the Times Union logs more shots fired in its articles than the APD "reports" in official documentation.
Try and tell somebody living on Quail Street near Washington that "violent crime is down" - just be sure to duck when you hear the gunshots and don't mind the officers doing registration/inspection checks; that's "community policing" at work.
... said Dan in Pine Hills on Jun 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM | link
i clap in the general direction of dan in pine hills.
... said pinehillsgirl on Jun 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM | link