LAPD blogs the 14-homicide weekend

We at the LAT counted 14 homicides in L.A. County last weekend; the LAPD, held to different boundaries (city rather than county) came up with with 10. They also came up with this bland thicket of language posted on the LAPD Blog to explain just what is going on here:

"...as trends migrate and evolve throughout the City, we have an obligation to move resources to address crime ... we should not panic..."

And:

"There have been no connections or trends developing that can be inferred as a result of this spike in the number of homicides."

Feel better now?

--Veronique de Turenne

Comments

[Don Chamuco]

Last I remember L.A. county has approximately 20 million people living in it or moving around in it . So on this weekend 14 people died due to violence. Calculate the ratio, LAPD has 20000 officers approx., do the math. Every now and then there will be casualties, thank heaven that there are not more than this.