I talked last year w a retired LEO about this, and it's commonly known to happen in many larger cities throughout the country. (One suspects Dem mayors and govs involved, but one does not know.)
The article, btw, is from 2014, and one suspects that, if anything, the faking of crime states has gotten much worse.
You’re right - very common in democrat run cities. The worst part is the corrupt FBI knows it and still accepts the statistics they know are lies. When Peter Strzok and Page sluts are running the place what can we expect? (hint: corruption, bias, hatred and lies...)