Reality Check - for those who believe Clevelanders have same or better quality of life than 6 years ago...

Reality Check - for those who believe Clevelanders have the same or better quality of life than 6 years ago... the Plain Dealer today reports "Cleveland man tracks down stolen car, leads police to suspected chop shop [1]" about an auto theft victim on the West Side who was able to track down his stolen vehicle (in parts) and in the process locate an auto theft ring, chop shop and illegal drug operation "just seconds from the 2nd District police station". The article reports... "Bravo might still be waiting for police to find his 1993 Honda if he had not done his own sleuthing", going on to note:

Thieves stole more than 4,000 cars last year in Cleveland -- and heisted 1,382 through May 15 of this year -- but only one officer is assigned to the Auto Theft Unit. Six years ago, the unit had 12 members.

In other words, Cleveland citizens and visitors now get 8% of the auto theft crime prevention and enforcement police personnel resources that they received prior to Jackson beginning his first term as mayor.

Have you ever seen any metrics of the performance of our police department or any department of the city or other regional government that indicate success by our leaders in government?

Have you ever seen any metrics of their performance at all?

Here's one - under the current Jackson Administration costs to citizens for government have increased yet police headcounts dedicated to our significant auto crime crisis has been reduced over 90%, and citizens are forced to solve their own auto theft crimes or write off their losses, certainly making Cleveland a high auto insurance cost market - the additional cost to citizens for high costs of living are easy to measure, e.g. comparing rates for auto insurance for homeowners in Cleveland vs. other area cities and suburbs with more sufficient police resources.

More important, if there are almost no police resources dedicated to auto theft, how many more thieves steal how many more vehicles, and how many thefts go unreported because it is too difficult for victims to interact with police, meaning how informative are the metrics we are provided at all?