I used to work in law enforcement. Crime statistics are manipulated almost everywhere for various reasons. One big reason is communities trying to lure big corporations to open up shop. Low crime rates are always part of that equation. But I watched my community “massage” crime stats to make it look safer in my community. The school district won state & national recognition for being a “drug free” school. Yet drugs were rampant. Their way of massaging stats was they confiscated drug from kids but never reported it to police. At one time the principal had boxes and boxes of drugs taken from kids. They just finally threw it away. Bottom line, never trust low crime stats. They are likely fake.
Thank you. That explains a lot. Like why Uvalde school district has its own PD, and why they aren’t capable of law enforcement.