By Jessica Mullen / Staff Writer Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Issue 32 / Volume 89 While the recently released UCSB crime report shows a dramatic drop in Isla Vista drug and liquor arrests, local law enforcement agencies attribute the discrepancy to a change in reporting requirements. When the Clery Report - an annual campus safety report issued by universities across the country - was initially released, it announced that there were 1,280 fewer liquor law arrests in I.V. in 2007 than in 2006. It also reported that there were only four drug arrests in I.V. last year. As it turns out, the UCSB Police Dept. and the Isla Vista Foot Patrol were not concealing any information about 2007’s statistics - they were being too forthright with 2006’s numbers. UCPD Captain Mike Foster said that although the Clery Report has a...
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