Why would cops not report on crime?
Seems counter to the incentive structures of police departments.
Seems counter to the incentive structures of police departments.
They also have stats on number of times people call or report crimes vs. number of arrests, gun pulls, etc.
Those stats overwhelmingly disprove the theory that trust in the police department has eroded and people are no longer reporting crime.
Additionally, while you think that the ordering of the report is in order of police’s priorities, I (more cynically) think it reflects them ‘burying’ the numbers.