As represented by Omaha Police Chief Schmaderer, the Omaha Police Department has a well documented history of intentionally distorting crime data to its advantage. For example, as frequently detailed in Omaha Police Department's annual reports:

1. Frequently, the number of sworn officers does not consistently reconcile with . . . the number of budgeted, or actual, or reported sworn officers.

2. The actual "percent" of sworn officers does not reconcile with the reported data. The "police" math does not reconcile with "regular" math.

3. There's absolutely no effort to increase the number of sworn Black males (60-ish) and sworn Black females (12-ish), as the average number of sworn has remained unchanged for over fifteen-(15) years.

REPORTED SWORN CLICK YEAR TO REVIEW ACTUAL REPORT 2008 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 732 51 11 62 PERCENT   6.97 1.5 8.47           2009 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 755 50 10 60 PERCENT   6.62 1.32 7.95           2010 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [820] NUMBER 786 0 0 0 PERCENT   0 0 0           2011 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 755 0 0 0 PERCENT   0 0 0           2012 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [799] NUMBER 790 0 0 0 PERCENT   0 0 0           2013 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [804] NUMBER 757 0 0 0 PERCENT   0 0 0           2014 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [804] NUMBER 788 59 11 70 PERCENT   7.49 1.4 8.88           2015 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 843 68 13 81 PERCENT   8.07 1.54 9.61           2016 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [877] NUMBER 720 60 12 72 PERCENT   8.33 1.67 10           2017 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [884] NUMBER 731 63 10 73 PERCENT   8.62 1.37 9.99           2018 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL [880] NUMBER 730 60 12 72 PERCENT   8.22 1.64 9.86           2019 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 747 65 13 78 PERCENT   8.7 1.74 10.44           2020 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 726 65 14 79 PERCENT   8.95 1.93 10.88           2021 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 763 77 13 90 PERCENT   10.09 1.7 11.8           2022 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 691 66 10 76 PERCENT   9.55 1.45 11           2023 OPD SWORN BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE   TOTAL NUMBER 727 76 14 90 PERCENT   10.45 1.93 12.38		YEAR NUMBER # OF BLACK MALE OPD OFFICERS NUMBER # OF BLACK FEMALE OPD OFFICERS 2008 51 11 2009 50 10 2014 59 11 2015 68 13 2016 60 12 2017 63 10 2018 60 12 2019 65 13 2020 65 14 2021 77 13 2022 66 10 2023 76 14   63.33 11.92   AVERAGE # OF BLACK MALE OPD OFFICERS AVERAGE # OF BLACK FEMALE OPD OFFICERS   YEAR NUMBER # OF SWORN OPD OFFICERS 2008 732 2009 755 2010 786 2011 755 2012 790 2013 757 2014 788 2015 843 2016 720 2017 731 2018 730 2019 747 2020 726 2021 763 2022 691 2023 727   753   AVERAGE # OF SWORN OPD OFFICERS
CRITICAL FACT-BASED OBSERVATIONS: A. Given that staffing levels for sworn OPD officers has not significantly deviated over the past fifteen-(15) years, and if, as stated by Omaha Police Chief Schmaderer crime in Omaha is down, why is there a need for more police officers? B. Since Omaha, Nebraska continues to incarcerate more Black male juveniles and Black male adults at rates higher than their proportion of the population, and since Nebraska (Omaha) is no longer listed as one of the Top 10 states for Black homicide victimization rate, why does OPD continue to target and incarcerate Black male juveniles and Black male adults at rates higher than their proportion of the population? C. As originally and intentionally engineered and sustained by "elite," politically powerful and affluent White men, when will the targeted and perpetual cycle of poverty, poor education, unemployment, arrest, prosecution, conviction, and incarceration of Black men ever going to be enough?

 

4. Given these overt discrepancies in OPD police data, which include its failure to consistently and promptly comply with the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and/or the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the apparent lack of oversight by the Omaha City Council to require consistency in reporting only empowers OPD to be manipulative and negligent.

Back in 2009, candidates seeking to
represent District 2 said this . . .