This is known as something we call "Lying". They say the crime is going down. It is in-fact going WAY up. They just stopped calling a lot of things crimes or stopped charging people for them. Archive: https://archive.today/aa366 From the post: >>Denver homicide rates are up more than 35% over last year, despite declines in most other violent crime categories, according to a Denver Police Department report released Wednesday. Community crime trends show that through July 1, 2026, homicides were up 36.8% compared to the same period last year. However, DPD said homicides are still 15.2% below the three-year average.