February 4, 2013

Cambridge Police Commissioner Reports Low Crime Statistics



[Last updated Tuesday February 6, 2013 3:50 AM ET]
The evening after I posted this essay, Cambridge police conducted surveillance as I did errands. The usual women were present as bait. I did not pursue the bait. It is not clear if the source was the husband of the Attorney General or a psychiatrist on this occasion. Keep in mind that the police say "He's mentally ill." They stood by while crime families took turns harassing me for many years. The response to exercising a Constitutionally guaranteed right is a brutal campaign of harassment and provocation at my residence. One more felony that remains unaddressed, uninvestigated and unreported. More evidence of how unreliable the Commissioner's statistics are.

I'm told that there are man-hating women, feminists who are from New Hampshire that are participating in this abuse. I do not know of any connection to the post about the Commissioner's statistics. 

Mark Twain: "There are lies. Damn Lies. And then there are statistics."


Robert Haas, Cambridge
Police Commissioner

This report states, "Cambridge registered the lowest number of violent crime (sic) last year than has ever been recorded in the 44 years of collecting data," according to the Police Commissioner. He does not address non violent crime, or criminal statutes that are not enforced. Moreover does this "snapshot" include crimes committed and addressed on the Harvard University campus, the MIT campus and the Lesley University campus? Cambridge has a high population of college students, researchers and faculty. Do those groups have a high violent crime profile? 



Do these stats include reports of crime by CSX Special Police in Cambridge? Transit police? There is a pattern to police reporting crime. When it is time for contract negotiations low crime stats are the norm. When it is time for budget allocations the stats are of higher crime, necessitating more taxpayer funds. Police departments are able to reduce crime stats by not reporting crimes, or by making the report of lesser crime, e.g.,  making them into non violent crimes. An assault can be made into a verbal dispute. Police are clever at manipulating their reports, or by not making a report at all. It is one way that criminal acts can be ignored because there are no reports of them occurring. 

Low crime statistics are essential to keeping real estate values high. Real estate values are another incentive to lessen the reports of serious crime. People do not want to live in, or move to a city with a high violent crime rate. This way Cambridge real estate agents can say, "We are not Chicago. We are not Philadelphia. We are not Camden. See how few crimes we have? It is written in the Cambridge Chronicle reported by the Police Commissioner." 

Then there is the problem of my experiences. Just one ordinary civilian  living amongst the high and mighty students and faculty of this academic enclave. Each day at least two, maybe more state felony statutes and one US felony statute is violated against me alone. When they ask me "Why are you the only one?" I often ask them back, "Why am I the only one who gets harassed every day?" But I get no answer. So for the past 17 years three felonies against me  alone. Not reported. Not investigated. Not stopped. That is 365 times three which equals 1,095 felonies each year for 17 years. That is 18, 615 felonies which are not included in the statistics of the Commissioner. 




Some of the reduction of crime is due to having MIT, Lesley University and Harvard University patrol cars and shuttle buses patrolling the city. Harvard and Lesley Universities have private security guards (Securitas) also patrolling the area of their campuses. Jane Jacobs pointed out in her landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities,  what makes neighborhoods safe. It is the number of eyes watching the area. People who live, work and pass through the neighborhood contribute to neighborhood safety.


Jane Jacobs

In addition if you look at the snapshot attached to this report, it shows that the average number of violent crimes remains about the same, if you count the past five years. This report is a clever example of spinning the facts to make the Commissioner look good. No doubt he uses the latest computer data analysis available which is used by many police departments. It is standard policing these days.



What remains troubling is that the Cambridge police do not enforce all laws equally. Some laws are enforced for some group members and not for others. It is an issue I raised with the City Council over 15 years. They ignored me. Two statutes which the Cambridge police do not enforce are the Massachusetts Civil Rights statute, MGL Chapter 265, Section 37, 

http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Section37

and MGL Firearms statute, Chapter 140, Section 131J. 

http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section131j

Both are felonies. The Cambridge police do not enforce discrimination laws equally forcefully for persons with disabilities as they do for persons of color, women, homosexuals, illegal aliens and Muslims.




Police and public officials use intimidation to silence criticism of government, the dominant political paradigms, and politicians. The Cambridge police do not address abuses by Harvard University campus police or by Harvard University officials. Criminal abuses by public officials are immune from prosecution statewide in Democratic Massachusetts, with exceptions when the Boston Herald reports them. Criminal abuses by FBI informants are likewise above the laws, nationwide. The Cambridge police remain negligently trained when it comes to enforcing above-mentioned illegal firearms statute. Here's why.



With regard to rape, the City police have a taxpayer funded specially trained squad to investigate rape. The District Attorney has specially trained investigators to gather evidence of rape. The City Hospital has specially trained medical protocols and personnel to gather evidence of rape. In response to an allegation of rape there are substantial resources for the police to gather evidence of a crime against a individual.

But when it comes to violations of above-mentioned illegal firearms statute the Cambridge police demand that the victims provide evidence. One reason for this negligence is that the Commissioner says that the statute only applies to stun guns. The statute specifically includes weapons that emit "waves and beams." Stun guns emit neither. Stun guns use wires and battery powered electricity transmitted through wires shot from the stun guns or from the gun's connectors. In addition the Cambridge police demand evidence of use of the illegal firearms, when the statute only prohibits possession and sale.



The FBI acts the same way with regard to a US statute which makes it a felony to expose civilians to radiation. Violations include a fine of $2 million per incident. 

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+1106+0++%28%29%20%20AND%20%28%2818%29%20ADJ%20USC%29%3ACITE%20AND%20%28USC%20w%2F10%20%282332H%29%29%3ACITE%20%20%20%20AND%20%28PART%20ADJ%20%28I%29%29%3AEXPCITE%20%20%20%20%20

The FBI does not enforce that statute due to negligent training. They are often too busy broadcasting character assassination about vulnerable elder persons in Cambridge and framing others on behalf of the Irish American crime elements in the state to eliminate any competition for the Bulger crime family.




It is not clear if the Commissioner is protecting the use of these high tech firearms in Cambridge by criminals, and by rogue police employees, or if he is clueless about them. I do not believe it is the latter. It is clear that campus police and city police know about these illegal firearms and use them contrary to law.

Finally if there is so little crime in Cambridge perhaps it is an auspicious time to reduce the police department's budget. It may enable the city to stop hiring new police officers and to eliminate or at least to reduce police overtime. That money can be used to help needy persons in the city who do not enjoy such high salaries and benefits as the police and the elected officials. Or it can be used to reduce taxes, a shocking idea in cities run by Democrats. One fact seldom reported in major media is that the Massachusetts Attorney General, and former District Attorney for Middlesex is married to a retired Cambridge Supervising police officer. That gives Cambridge police special access to the highest levels of law enforcement in the state. This report's validity depends on one's perspective. The report is made from the police Commissioner's perspective.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x766858946/Police-Cambridge-hits-historic-low-in-crime#axzz2Jpf71Orp

Police: Cambridge hits historic low in crime
By Erin Baldassari/ebaldassari (at) wickedlocal.com
GateHouse News Service
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Jan 31, 2013 @ 06:11 AM
Last update Jan 31, 2013 @ 09:55 AM

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http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/2/5/cambridge-crime-rate-2012/

Crime Rate in Cambridge Drops in 2012
By MATTHEW Q. CLARIDA, 
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
February 5, 2013

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