Recently in NC, many political groups have asked the state and local governments to release crime statistics and other data. Those groups are specially focused on police data, like deaths while in jail, shootings by police, etc. I support the release of crime and police data. Let’s be transparent. I suggest reporting the data each calendar quarter. The general public should have the complete picture. Here is a partial list of the data I want to see:
Total number of felonies by crime type
–Total number of felonies committed, displayed by race, and gender of suspect.
Felonies committed by repeat offenders, displayed by race and gender
Felonies committed by non-citizens. Again displayed by race.
Number of police shootings, again displayed by race/gender of officer and by victim cave/gender.
Deaths of inmates excluding natural causes.
We all want to see the facts. This is a good place to start.
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