News (Media Awareness Project) - US IL: PUB LTE: Confounding Crime Stats |
| Title: | US IL: PUB LTE: Confounding Crime Stats |
| Published On: | 2003-02-04 |
| Source: | Chicago Sun-Times (IL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 17:33:33 |
CONFOUNDING CRIME STATS
Regarding "Crime again fell in Chicago in '02" [news story, Jan. 24]: One
statistic stood out like a sore thumb--"A record amount of narcotics was
seized: cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other drugs valued at $833 million."
This not only illustrates the amount of money involved in the underground
drug market, it also puts a spotlight on the billions of dollars spent to
stop those drugs and how we are doing.
Crime down and drugs up: Something's not right. That's the opposite of what
we are told on a daily basis.
Derek Rea,
Granite City
Regarding "Crime again fell in Chicago in '02" [news story, Jan. 24]: One
statistic stood out like a sore thumb--"A record amount of narcotics was
seized: cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other drugs valued at $833 million."
This not only illustrates the amount of money involved in the underground
drug market, it also puts a spotlight on the billions of dollars spent to
stop those drugs and how we are doing.
Crime down and drugs up: Something's not right. That's the opposite of what
we are told on a daily basis.
Derek Rea,
Granite City
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