How We Found New Patterns in LA’s Homeless Arrest Data
A link in the OPs article that supposedly supports the conclusions derived from the data says:<p><i>...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&#x27;s basic statistics.</i><p>That would indicate that the headline of the article supported by the data...<p><i>Huge increase in arrests of homeless in L.A. — but mostly for minor offenses</i><p>..is misleading.<p>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.<p>The LAPD are not the best police department in the country, but I do believe they&#x27;re doing their best with a complex problem the rest of our society has chosen to ignore since the 1980s.<p>The homeless problem is not due to the police, but they are the ones we unfairly expect to deal with it.