Monday, March 8, 2010
Douche du Jour
Sounds like PGC Rep. Vallario made a huge ass of himself in front of FHB III in Annapolis last week-- apparently he didn't read his own handouts. Long-time loyal readers may remember some of his other greatest hits: In 2007, he was reportedly the only guy standing the the way of a new Sex Offender Evidence Bill. In 2006 he voted against House Bill 320, which was to strengthen Witness Intimidation Reforms for women and children victims of felony sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Wonder what they see in him down in PGC?
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Readers may be interested in the familiar problem of a police department blowing off felony offenses to lighten the workload and juke the stats.
This from an outrageous example in Cleveland, which bears many similarities to Baltimore City in respect of its criminal population, court practices, and policing.
As here, it takes a sitting judge's condemnation to convince locals that the system ain't working.
BTW, shooting this am on the 2600 block, Greenmount.
Anyone know what's happened to Richard Irwin's Blotters? They've been dead since mid-February. Vacation?
Also, how about that Baltimore City Police Crime Mapping system. How many months has it been down now?
John: Richard Irwin was hospitalized late last month briefly. It was diagnosed as dehydration and high cholesterol issues. He's resting at home on medical leave, I understand. We wish him well and hope he comes back soon.
Apparently, keeping up the mapping system isn't a police priority. Maybe they only have one person working on it; I don't know.
I'm sure it works for their weekly Compstat meeting, but it's not for the average citizen.
By the way, when it is/was working, it is by far one of the most useful, easily interpreted, ways of finding crime in the city.
Spotcrime is good altenative, but their data isn't congruent with Uniform Crime Reporting definitions--which sometimes discombobulates me (a technical term). Their crime alerts, which you can sign up for, give you more data, but not a lot of rich detail--with some exceptions. JHU crime reports are the best, and SpotCrime.com incorporates them too.
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