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Originally Posted by chemgear
Fully reading the report, I think the statistics are reasonably presented. They specifically focused on the 250 m distance to better measure the effect of the injection site on the community.
The report also does not just compare the crime rates versus the prior year but compares them against a running average of the last 3 years AND also provides the same comparison for the downtown core AND versus the rest of the city to provide better understanding of the effect of the injection site.
Just extracting some numbers (Injection area, Centre City, Rest of City)
Police Calls Increase: 29%, 8%, 4%
Disorder Increase: 15%, -0.4%, 0%
Drug Increase: 276%, 21%, -11%
Violence Increase: 47%, 35%, 26%
B&E Increase: 45%, 55%, 8%
Vehicle Crime Increase: 63%, 5%, 0%
In nearly category, there is a massive increase in crime versus the downtown core even with a large visible increase in police presence. The increase is even more obvious versus looking the average for the city. I would suggest that the "spin" that the percentages look big because the numbers in 2015, 2016 and 2017 were "small" is exactly that, spin. The percentage increases are real and not a fantasy.
Also:
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?cli...ylistPageNum=1 |
I listened to all the talk about how good safe injection sites are a good thing and they work in other cities. I got on the bandwagon, i was convinced. Count me in as someone who’s getting off. The increased crime did it. So much for being a progressive.
I don’t have the statistics but it’s not hard to see the increased crime around the safe injection site. If you’re a drug dealer, where’s the best place to hang out?
Building owners in the area are taking more precautions and you can see a bit more of a police presence.
The point of safe injection sites was to try to reduce drug use and crime. We’re getting the opposite. A 300% increase in overdoses at the drop in. Safe injection sites were suppose to change all of that.
There are more needles lying around downtown (parkades, between buildings etc ) then i’ve seen in the last seven years.
I’m not buying into the arguement that if i wait a hundred years we’ll see the effects of safe injection sites. Sorry.