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Category Archives: Public Safety
Austin’s homicide rate spike
The Statesman recently highlighted an increase in homicides from 22 in ’09 to 37 in ’10. While the piece provided a compelling visualization with the long-term count of homicides in Austin, it did not provide data that adjusted for the … Continue reading
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Tagged austin, austin police department, city council, crime, homicides
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Learning from the Dallas Crime Stat Quality Crisis
Grits for Breakfast points out that Dallas is still in hot water over the accuracy of their crime stats. An editorial in the Dallas Morning News gets at the fundamental problem: No doubt [Police Chief David] Kunkle had good intentions … Continue reading
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Tagged austin, austin police department, crime stats, data quality, gov 2.0
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