Tuesday, November 6, 2012

How about that recovery rate?

You have to say this about Toronto's police in 1900, they had a great closure rate when it came to recovering stolen bikes:

Annual report of the chief constable for the year 1900
Jan 26, 1901

Bicycle stealing
“Carelessness or indifference caused the owners of 875 wheels, valued at $10,072 to lose the, temporarily in most cases, as 803 were recovered.”
H.J. Grasett, chief constable

The police report included the chief constable's thoughts on a number of law-enforcement issues facing the city, and a tally of crimes committed and accidental deaths within the city. Some 18 people drowned in 1900 and one unfortunate resident met their death "from effects of stab in the eye with an umbrella."

Toronto City Council 1901 Appendix C, Page 29
Toronto City Archives

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