A memo delivered this summer to the St. Louis Police Board disclosed a problem with the crime statistics being issued by the city, but apparently nobody read it. The city has been embarrassed by a discrepancy in its crime reporting. Initially, city officials touted a drop in crime in 2003; nearly a record low. Then came the discovery that more than 5,700 crimes had been left off the report, which would have made 2003 a high-crime year. The Police Department’s Crime Data Director wrote a memo, pointing out the problem. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay admits he didn’t read the memo and says none of his staff seems to have read it either.
Undefeated?
November 19, 2004 By
When the Kansas football team trotted onto the field that day it had everything to gain and little to lose. For the third time that season the Jayhawks were facing the nation’s number one team. They had a shot at the conference championship but were one-touchdown underdogs. This was 1960. The Tigers of Missouri had attained the heady number one ranking, the first time Missouri had ever been ranked that high, and one of the few times Missouri had been ranked in the top ten. According to the official record Missouri finished the season with an 11-0 record, including an Orange Bowl win. But every true son of old Mizzou knows in his heart the record was really 10-1.
