{"id":3027,"date":"2009-09-18T20:30:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T01:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2017-08-30T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:52:12","slug":"san-antonio-police-reports-go-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/18\/san-antonio-police-reports-go-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio police reports go missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/briansstory1-148x300.jpg\" alt=\"Front page story about San Antonio police reports in the San Antonio Express-News\" width=\"148\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/briansstory1-148x300.jpg 148w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/briansstory1.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>Express-News Reporter Brian Chasnoff uncovered a serious paperwork problem at the San Antonio Police Department in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/2300_police_reports_missing.html\">front-page story<\/a> today: 2,300 police reports documenting a wide variety of crimes have gone missing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more about SAPD: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/12\/does-risk-of-police-chases-outweigh-benefits-of-capturing-suspects-data-helps-tell-the-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Does risk of police chases outweigh benefits of capturing suspects?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brian wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The San Antonio Police Department has misplaced more than 2,000 police reports ranging from thefts and car wrecks to more serious offenses of rapes and assaults, according to internal police documents obtained by the San Antonio Express-News.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Police Department is scrambling to \u201crecover and correct the open cases so all reports are properly received, entered and accounted for,\u201d according to an internal memo that a deputy chief sent last week to Police Chief William McManus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nice example of local investigative reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Express-News Reporter Brian Chasnoff uncovered a serious paperwork problem at the San Antonio Police Department in his front-page story today: 2,300 police reports documenting a wide variety of crimes have gone missing. 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