‘You Can’t Trust These Numbers’: Retired NYPD Inspector Blasts FBI’s Crime StatsHailey Gomez
General Assignment Reporter
June 13, 2024 7:52 AM ET
Retired New York Police Department (NYPD) inspector Paul Mauro called out Wednesday on Fox News the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) recent statistics claiming there’s been a decrease in crime across the United States.
Mauro appeared on “Jesse Watters Primetime” to discuss the release of the FBI’s new stats claiming that the rate of violent and property crimes have significantly dropped within the first three months of 2024 compared to the same time last year. Following a highlight of recent incidents within major cities, Fox host Jesse Watters questioned Mauro if the crime rates are actually down.
“No. Alright, so let’s just break it out in a very simple way just from the get-go. 40% of the nation’s police departments don’t report up to the FBI with their crime numbers. What a coincidence. Let’s do the roll call — New York, LA, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. which is federal itself — they don’t report to the FBI. So consequently, what do they all have in common?” Mauro questioned.
“There are all big blue cities that have high crime rates and those numbers are not going into the UCR — that’s what they’re called — FBI UCR crime reports. Furthermore, the FBI has a habit of trying to extrapolate those numbers, alright? Nothing is more dull than statistics but it’s interesting when they do. For instance, this quarter when Joe Biden is claiming violent crime is down, he’s focusing on murders, murders are down the lowest rate, going down etc. Okay.”
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