Comments on Advance Indiana™: Assessing Indy's Crime Rate

I think Art is correct...According to the Indy Sta...

2009-12-28T09:09:02.993-05:00

I think Art is correct...According to the Indy Star......."Dec 26, 2009 | By Amy Bartner and Heather Gillers amy.bartner@indystar.com ... A Christmas Day shooting death brought the total homicides in Marion County this year to 101 -- a benchmark public safety officials hoped the county wouldn't reach".
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009912260320

There is a catch to Ballard murder stats. For the...

2009-12-28T08:24:06.650-05:00

There is a catch to Ballard murder stats. For the first time this year, there is a murder total for what is the old IPD district and one for the sheriff's district. To get the true number of murders in Indianapolis/Marion County, a person needs to add the "IPD" number to the "sheriff" number to get the total for Indianapolis/Marion County. This is blatant manipulation of stats particularly since we now have IMPD.

I would say, however, Gary, that Ballard's cla...

2009-12-27T20:29:27.264-05:00

I would say, however, Gary, that Ballard's claim that he has held down the crime rate is a better argument than if he tries to claim he's a fiscal conservative and has lived up to his promise not to raise taxes. Yep, between the two, the crime argument has a better chance. Neither argument though is likely to be believed by the public.