[CLIP] What the Media Is Leaving Out of Its Reporting on Crime: John Lott

“You had lots of big cuts in many places in 2020-2021. In the last year or so, they've started to go back and hire police. But you also had a lot of retirements that were occurring for police officers. So, you may have lost somebody who had 15 years of experience, and now you've hired somebody who's been on the job for six months or a year. They simply aren't going to be as effective as a police officer as somebody who had 15 years. I did want to mention one thing on the murder, and that is: One big problem that we have right now is that a huge number of police departments are no longer even reporting data to the FBI. So, starting in 2021, there were changes in the rules there for reporting. And in 2022, for example, 32% of police departments were no longer reporting any data to the FBI. That compares to about 3% in 2020. And another 24% of police departments were only partially reporting crime data. So, that means less than half of police departments now, as compared to 97% before, are reporting complete crime data to the FBI.” John Lott

🔴 WATCH the full episode: https://ept.ms/S0815JohnLott

🔵 Sign up for the American Thought Leaders ALERTS newsletter to stay up-to-date on new episodes, releases, and events 👉 https://ept.ms/ATLnewsletter