Perhaps we can now get realistic figures
This story here details how the Cobourg Police Service has bought into 21st century crime stats and tracking systems. Now perhaps we can have realistic stats about harbourfront crime. For instance instead of telling the public just how crimeridden the area is we should be able to tell just how many liquor infractions took place at the beer tents as opposed to the beach, how many offences took place on the pier and the yacht club grounds instead of the beach. So let's have 'em and start the debate about how much crime the visitors cause as opposed to the local yobs getting high at festivals.
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Oops, you tipped the hand, Ben. Now they will adjust to selective enforcement, for the look of the stats. It'll be called 'balanced enforcement'.
Surely the police just respond to calls for assistance as they arise. I'd hope that cherry picking what to investigate so the stats say what they or politicians want them to is a bit of a reach for our local officers.
If they are very proactive in their approach that would provide the opportunity to pick and choose, but let's hope it doesn't happen that way.
I'd love to see the top ten car accident locations, and what charges get laid.
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