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Police commission hears 2008 crime trends, officials report small shifts in homicides and rises in reported sexual assaults
Summary
Deputy Chief Jason Shen presented 2008 Part I crime statistics to the San Francisco Police Commission, noting a one-count decrease in homicides in the packet and an increase in reported sexual assaults; commissioners pressed the department on whether higher reporting or real increases explain the change.
Deputy Chief Jason Shen presented a year-end review of 2008 crime statistics to the San Francisco Police Commission on March 25, 2009, reporting modest changes across major crime categories and urging victims of sexual assault to come forward.
Shen said the department’s reporting conventions affect year-to-year homicide counts: "We had 98 homicides in 02/2007 ... and we are currently in 02/2008, 97," and explained that deaths later reclassified as homicides are credited to the year they are declared, which can alter comparisons across…
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