Chicago Police underreported number of 2012 aggravated assault and battery, audit finds

BY FRANK MAIN AND STEFANO ESPOSITO

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About one-quarter of victims of aggravated assault and battery failed to get counted in Chicago Police statistics for 2012, according to a city Office of the Inspector General report released Monday.

That’s because police didn’t count each person in a crime involving multiple victims as a separate offense, the inspector general’s office said.

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