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Menlo Park: 2017 crime data shows increase in rapes, thefts

Original post made on Mar 2, 2018

When asked what could have contributed to an apparent massive spike in the reported crime throughout Menlo Park in December 2017 in the city's year-end crime report, the city's interim police chief Dave Bertini provided a relieving answer: typos.

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Comments (3)

Posted by Citizen
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Mar 2, 2018 at 3:30 am

With these crime Stats, we should save money and contract police services to the county sheriff. We are not getting our money’s worth. With this takeover, we just might get rid of all the dead wood there too. No complaints for our fire services, we share those with other surrounding communities.


Posted by resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 2, 2018 at 10:54 pm

How many of these reported crimes resulted in arrests, prosecutions, and convictions?


Posted by tax payer
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Mar 3, 2018 at 2:15 pm

I agree with the outsource comment. How much could we save??


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