Glitch Leaves Police in Dark; Delayed Computer Upgrade Means Officials Don't Have Crime Numbers

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Killings have soared in Milwaukee this summer, but homicide figures don't tell the whole story of violence in the city.

Veteran police officers and crime experts say the more telling statistic is the number of violent crimes, especially shootings, which could easily have become homicides, depending on aim and ambulance speed.

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Glitch Leaves Police in Dark; Delayed Computer Upgrade Means Officials Don't Have Crime Numbers

But Police Chief Nannette Hegerty doesn't know how many people have been shot in Milwaukee this year. She also doesn't know how many robberies, aggravated assaults or sexual assaults there have been. A new computer system that police say will revolutionize the way the department deals with crime data is five months late, leaving the chief, city leaders and the public in the dark about whether overall crime is up or down in the city. Homicide is an exception, because compa...

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