A resident warns errors in crime figures could undercut Oakland's recovery

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a member of the public There's just a few inconsistencies in the report focused around area one is the first one that caught my eye looking at the number of robberies.

a member of the public We have one forty three.

a member of the public I think it's one forty three in the actual, area one, table, but then we go to the overall roll up, and it's about four forty three.

a member of the public So it could just be an issue of someone miskeyed something.

a member of the public And then there's also something similar when it comes to...

a member of the public Once we start summing up the six areas across all the different...

a member of the public Sorry.

a member of the public The crimes across all the six areas, we have a gap of about 843 crimes unassigned.

a member of the public So that could be just due to some, well, who knows?

a member of the public I'll let you all explain it.

a member of the public But I think it's just one of those things where as we're seeing these, great numbers dropping or this...

a member of the public Again, one crime is always too many, but as we're seeing these numbers dropping, it can mess up the...

a member of the public Our recovery narrative by not having these things, airtight.

a member of the public So imagine this goes out to someone who's looking for a reason to say Oakland's not changing.

a member of the public Look.

a member of the public They can't even get their crime numbers right.