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Austin PD failed to report FBI crime data

According to the AP:Austin is the only major Texas city which does not have statistics included in an FBI midyear report because police officials did not submit the data, citing a lack of personnel. Austin police spokeswoman Anna Sabana said Monday that departments are only required to submit crime data ? the information is sent to the FBI through the Texas Department of Public Safety ? for the annual report, which is generally made public each June. Sabana said that verifying crime statistics before sending them to the FBI is an involved process and that the department hasn't been able to submit data for midyear reports because of "staffing cutbacks over the past eight years," Sabana said she did not know how many positions have been lost since then...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).