To the editor: As a longtime member of the Pacific Neighborhood Police Advisory Board, I take heed to crime statistics at month-to-month conferences. I’ve commented that reported stats are considerably understated as a result of numerous crimes are usually not reported. (“New LAPD chief says individuals aren’t calling the police sufficient — and that should change,” Nov. 14)
Each time a neighbor complains a couple of latest crime incident, I ask in the event that they reported it. Most of the time, they are saying, “No, as a result of it takes so lengthy.”
As such, reported crime is likely to be a fraction of precise crime.
Steve Freedman, Venice
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To the editor: How can Jim McDonnell, the brand new chief of the Los Angeles Police Division, give attention to reporting of crimes with out a single point out of what actually plagues the division?
To wit — a tradition to date faraway from public service, so riddled with cliques and so failed that after 20 years of attempting to implement an efficient disciplinary course of, we aren’t any nearer to public accountability.
Larry Lang, Fullerton
