The secret crime stats

So the Boston PD suddenly won't release crime statistics and won't let people see precinct police logs (which are public records)? Call Jay a cynic, but:

... I have little doubt if the numbers had pointed in another direction, we would have learned about them a long time ago via megaphones loudly blaring the news from campaign trucks. ...

Still, he doubts the news will change next month's election results, given that most people already have a sense that crime is up and it still hasn't affected the campaign.