HPD Understaffing Means Many Crimes Go Uninvestigated and Unsolved
"We work violent crimes first. If someone steals your trash can or your lawn mower out of your garage, there are no witnesses, there's no evidence, there's nothing for a detective to follow up on, it's not assigned," McClelland stated during a budget hearing.However, a city-commissioned study revealed that the department did not investigate 20,000 crimes with leads in 2013, a direct contradiction with the Chief’s statement. Furthermore, of the uninvestigated cases, a majority were violent crimes, including assault and...
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