[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They are doing the same with crime statistics.

A number of the worse cities do not even report their crime statistics. And until recently they just said that crime was decreasing and never pointed out that was because they were leaving entire areas out.

[Steve_Seattle]

"They are doing the same with crime statistics."

Especially property crime like shoplifting. Even as companies report hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen merchandise, they say shoplifting is down because they no longer arrest people for shoplifting!