http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/datasphere/2008/11/20/more-crime-data-over-3000-offenses-served/ Data Delivery Editor Matt Chittum dishes on the freshest, juiciest, hottest and oddest data available in the DataSphere, roanoke.com's home for search-it-yourself databases. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/datasphere/2008/11/20/more-crime-data-over-3000-offenses-served/#comment-319 Jerry Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:27:18 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/datasphere/?p=300#comment-319 One reason for more crimes today are double and triple billed..For example..if you punch someone in the nose there can be several charges put on you..in the old days probobly just one.Also we know the bad economy can have an effect..I dont know if this was counted but now if you cuss somebody..thats a crime and your taken to jail..of course many of these so called violations shouldnt even be criminal but the City has figured out how to make lots of money..by increasing the number of criminal and civil offenses....most if Law enforcement is more about bucks than Public Safety..I mean where else can you buy liquor from the State(the only legal liquor you can get)where its heavily taxed..then get fined or jailed for drinking it?..What a racket...When I came back to Va..a cousin of mine said welcome back to the Communist Wealth of VA...so true!!! One reason for more crimes today are double and triple billed..For example..if you punch someone in the nose there can be several charges put on you..in the old days probobly just one.Also we know the bad economy can have an effect..I dont know if this was counted but now if you cuss somebody..thats a crime and your taken to jail..of course many of these so called violations shouldnt even be criminal but the City has figured out how to make lots of money..by increasing the number of criminal and civil offenses....most if Law enforcement is more about bucks than Public Safety..I mean where else can you buy liquor from the State(the only legal liquor you can get)where its heavily taxed..then get fined or jailed for drinking it?..What a racket...When I came back to Va..a cousin of mine said welcome back to the Communist Wealth of VA...so true!!!

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