Quote Originally Posted by iheartthed View Post
The original Detroit News article has disappeared, but I found this: http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7884362

Apparently DPD fudged the numbers a little so that the city would be #2 instead of #1. That was unethical, but I don't know if it was a misrepresentation of the crime situation in Detroit since the change was almost immaterial to the actual rate.

I still maintain that other cities do it as well, which the article corroborates. The FBI largely accepts what the cities tell them at face value. Chicago's numbers are the only ones I've heard of them flat out rejecting due to the way they calculate it.
Just pointing out that this article is from 2009.