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Suspect crime claims

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By ERWIN CHLANDA

The Chief Minister appears to be supporting with flawed statistics claims that “offences against the person have dropped by 16%” in Alice Springs.

In a media release she is clearly relying on a police statement covering August – the latest available – that there were 150 “crimes against the person”.

Yet the same police statement reveals that there were 128 assaults, 97 domestic violence related assaults, 68 alcohol related assaults and three sexual assaults – a total of 296 crimes against the person.

Neither Ms Finocchiaro nor the police have replied to questions from the Alice Springs News.

IMAGE: Electronic anklet worn under a court order to monitor the movements of a person.