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Flawed Map Says L.A.'s Crime Highest Next to Police HQ

Posted by timothy on from the statistics-are-coming-from-inside-the-station dept.

CNET briefly describes how a poorly chosen default behavior has led to an online crime map of Los Angeles (on a site designed at a cost of $362,000) that shows that "a location just a block from the department's new headquarters is the most crime-ridden place in the city." I wonder how often this sort of error would completely skew things like real-estate maps that attempt to show whether houses in a certain neighborhood are worth more than those in the one next door.

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  1. Quick! by palegray.net · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get those properties while they're cheap! Well, cheaper than they already were, considering the economy.

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    1. Re:Quick! by samriel · · Score: 3, Funny

      And I posted anonymously so you couldn't tell who I am! Ta-ta!

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      That's some mighty fine detective work there, Lou.

    2. Re:Quick! by Divebus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Are L.A. cops THAT crooked?

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  2. Flawed? by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seeing how rogue so many police officers are, it might not necessarily be quite off the mark.

    1. Re:Flawed? by pjt33 · · Score: 4, Funny

      What do you mean, "not quite off the mark"? It's a whole block out!

    2. Re:Flawed? by BitZtream · · Score: 1, Funny

      ZOMG CORRUPT COPS!

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  3. Wrong picking by gmuslera · · Score: 3, Funny

    All know that the highest crime locations always are in legislative government institutions, not in police stations (police choose to do their crimes far from there).

    Wonder if US highest crime is geolocated in Washington.

  4. Re:Rape by claysdna · · Score: 3, Funny

    Men cannot be raped and blacks cannot be racists. It is written into the democratic partys national charter, accepted by all major news outlets, and become generally accepted politically correct behavior.

  5. At least by HalAtWork · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, at least they're not too far off.

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  6. Actually,,, by fireheadca · · Score: 4, Funny

    The map is accurate for the most part, it's just a block off.

  7. Re:Perhaps criminals are getting more brazen by Tuoqui · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to think that it's more cops getting busted for their own abuses but I'm not that naive.

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  8. LAPD by OrangeTide · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it because they are counting the staff at the LAPD as criminals?

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