A link in the OPs article that supposedly supports the conclusions derived from the data says:
...from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Homeless population in the city of LA is up 48% just since 2013. The reporters data shows a 31% increase in the amount of arrests of homeless people. So, per-capita arrests have gone down. That's basic statistics.
That would indicate that the headline of the article supported by the data...
Huge increase in arrests of homeless in L.A. — but mostly for minor offenses
..is misleading.
I lived in Santa Monica during the same time period. The homeless population has skyrocketed along with homeless crime. We moved further south because of the problem. The LA Times is a joke.
The LAPD are not the best police department in the country, but I do believe they're doing their best with a complex problem the rest of our society has chosen to ignore since the 1980s.
The homeless problem is not due to the police, but they are the ones we unfairly expect to deal with it.
...from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Homeless population in the city of LA is up 48% just since 2013. The reporters data shows a 31% increase in the amount of arrests of homeless people. So, per-capita arrests have gone down. That's basic statistics.
That would indicate that the headline of the article supported by the data...
Huge increase in arrests of homeless in L.A. — but mostly for minor offenses
..is misleading.
I lived in Santa Monica during the same time period. The homeless population has skyrocketed along with homeless crime. We moved further south because of the problem. The LA Times is a joke.
The LAPD are not the best police department in the country, but I do believe they're doing their best with a complex problem the rest of our society has chosen to ignore since the 1980s.
The homeless problem is not due to the police, but they are the ones we unfairly expect to deal with it.