NYPD retiree on social media explains the stats game that LMPD plays too. "I've never discussed this before, but here it goes. While working for the NYPD I personally observed thousands of crimes that were downgraded or outright s__tcanned. In the Manhattan precincts 1,000s of grand larcenies were turned into lost property complaints. How could this happen? You have to understand the NYPD is only really concerned with the reportable felonies sent to the FBI for the Uniformed Crime reports (Felony