BTW: Many cities are going broke in part because of the overly costly police and fire. Just look at the list of bankrupted US cities. We will not tax our way out of this one.

EDITOR NOTE–How wrong you can be Zip! Boise has raised the levy 6.5% for 2012 over 2011. Coppers and firefighters also got one time bonuses because they have been so good to work with. More to come on this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_9,_Title_11,_United_States_Code

Pssst: check out the one for harrisberg pa. Something about a trash burner.

In my view the entire system has the wrong motivations and therefore is very expensive while not accomplishing the desired outcome. You seem to think cleared cases is the holy grail. No it is not!

I will not refute your stats and have told my female friends and relatives of the dangers of Boise for many years so I know you are not wrong. I’m looking for a credible source of these stats. I just could not figure the figures you posted because the format. If you can post an address to the website or something that would be helpful.

The high number/low solve rate may be because of the nearby campus demographic and may be similar to other in-the-city college towns. So be sure you compare apples to apples.

What is clearance?

In the UCR Program, a law enforcement agency reports that an offense is cleared by arrest, or solved for crime reporting purposes, when three specific conditions have been met. The three conditions are that at least one person has been:

■Arrested.
■Charged with the commission of the offense.
■Turned over to the court for prosecution (whether following arrest, court summons, or police notice).
In its clearance calculations, the UCR Program counts the number of offenses that are cleared, not the number of persons arrested.

So Boise PD only achieves this level in 19.2 % of their cases.

What is this “89 43.2/100K” Is that 8943.2 ?? Please clear up the format issue if that what it is and can you provide ref to source documents.

Santa Ana California population 325,000
Rape: 88 25.9/100K
Robbery: 719 211.3/100K

Boise Idaho population 205,000
Rape: 89 43.2/100K
Robbery: 58 28.2/100K

The national average for cities of 100,000 to 250,000 population for rape is 33.1/100K and Robbery 170/100K. The average solve rate for Rape is 52% and Robbery 30%.

The 5 year average solve rate for Boise for Rape is 19.1% and Robbery 24%.
Both statistics well below national averages and should be points of concern for all residents. Clearance of these crimes does not always indicate an arrest. It is cleared when a suspect is named, the case is submitted to the prosecutor. In the past 5 years Boise has had over 500 reported foricible rapes with less than 100 cleared. That leaves 400 rapists free in just 5 years.
Using statistics can sometimes be a bit difficult, but in this case they are quite consistant across the board and deserve some inquiry.

Question? Did that “immense pressure” ever lead to a frame job on someone who it might have could have been? But was not.

Question? What is the rape solve rate down in LA? or in Seattle? What would you change in little Boise to make it better?

Here’s a quick solution to all this.. the kid buys the zoo a new monkey and serves some time cleaning up POO in the monkey cages.

Quick note to Columbo.. it’s hard for realatives to rat one another out on the “unsolved rapes” here in Idaho. Sometimes the family trees are a straight line.