Chief of police Matt Burns recently sent out this press release;
The crime rate over a five-year period remained flat, even with an increase in population.
That’s interesting because across the hall at the law enforcement center, our Sheriff said this in The Stehly Report;
“Felonies are up 100% from 5 years ago, and we have a record number of homicides.â€
~ Mike Milstead, Minnehaha Co. Sheriff
Has the city and county doubled in population the past 5 years? Nope. So who do we trust the Chief or the Sheriff? It seems Chief Burns has left out a lot of important information when it comes to crime growth in our city. It seems he is continuing the Barthel tradition of ‘if we tell people it is ok, it’s ok’.