Blue Byline » Line of duty deaths http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Mon, 20 May 2013 05:57:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 2011 a great year for crime stats, with one ugly exception http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/12/31/2011-a-great-year-for-crime-stats-with-one-ugly-exception/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/12/31/2011-a-great-year-for-crime-stats-with-one-ugly-exception/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:36:16 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=1207

Closing out a year would not be complete without the traditional avalanche of news articles that attempt to wrap up our collective yearly experiences into a nifty little gift bag. Sucker that I am for tradition, I spent much of the waning hours of 2011 reflecting on the trends and stats of our most recent spin around the sun.

And I found a paradox.

An insightful column in the Trib, written by the Washington Post’s Charles Lane, highlights the national crime rate’s plunge over the last 20 years. I appreciated his nod to this phenomenon, both for the rare bit …

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