Print it ALL !! We the law-abiding public have a right to know who these scum bags are that are breaking into our homes and cars. We need to know their names , ages, and rersidence. They deserve to be penalized any which way we can get back at them.

I say print. But absolutely follow up with the non guilty or dismissed judgement, that could follow.

Yup best that we are all informed who is who I say print it. The Malden News used to do it years ago.

yes

everyone arrested deserves their day in court but the arrest logs are public records.i dont see any harm coming to anyone whose name is published.contrary to what some people think the police dont just arrest anyone for no reason.and it seems you see a lot of the same names in the police log time and time again

I agree with Tim. I look at the police log every week from the Malden Advocate. A lot of the time we see the same names. I believe that residents have the right to know who is committing crimes. I understand that suspects are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. In order for police to make an arrest there has to be probable cause. Police don't make arrests for fun because after an arrest there is a large amount of paperwork as well. So I say post the arrest log.

yes print them

It's public information. Post it for public consumption. What percentage of arrested people are found NOT guilty? Not guilty doesn't mean innocent. O.J. etc.
I'd say the police accuracy for valid ARRESTS has to be pretty high. I know it's hard, but TRY not to be too politically correct/safe. Your the media....inform us.

May be innocent until proven guilty but let's face it, they got caught. They gave up their privacy privilege when the crime was committed. Post it! Not like it cuts down the junkie scum in this city anyway.

Print Logs and say question of address accuracy and also disclaimer re: “remember, innocent until proven guilty”. That's my thought.

I have heard that when the police ask for an address after they arrest a person, the suspect sometimes gives a wrong address. Maybe some suspects have no I.D. with them and police have no way to know the correct address.

Occasionally, I have seen a police log in the Salem news which lists a suspect with an address of a Lynn rental property and I know there is no one by that suspect's reported name living at that Lynn address. Of course there are many possible explanations. But it is one reason we should read these arrest reports with an open mind and just take them as Possibly accurate information.

I'm in favor of printing the arrest logs and also more information about reported crimes in Malden.

I like Lynn's Daily Police Log online. It's not perfect but it is helpful. They only post 10 days at a time, list crime type (with a separate page saying what the codes mean), address crime was reported at, time (though that may not be the time crime occurred) and when there is an arrest they list name of person arrested though not where or why (but sometimes you can infer it).

Thanks Chris for exploring this topic. I hope you can ask the Malden Police sometime how they obtain addresses (and name spelling) for people they arrest and whether they ever verify these.

Wishful Thinker

A weekly police log would be awesome for the site.

I would even go one step further and print pictures of anyone arrested as well.

Sure, why not, the old Malden News had the the Police log every day.

The Medford patch posts logs with names

To many of malden city halls finest would be showing up in the logs. That's why Chris was probably ordered to stop posting an arrest log. Minions need to follow the leader. It's not his fault.

Print them!!!!!

Thanks for listening Chris.

I visited my Aunt in NC, they have a weekly paper called "The Slammer". It shows everybody who have been arrested, what they have been arrested for, whether it be a crime or failure to pay a fine or failure to appear... Innocent until proven guilty, Of Course! However, continual repeat offenders?... That may speak for itself..
One downside is that a few people can be found smiling, even, grimacing in their photos. I heard that when they took a mugshot, you couldn't smile- because it was going in the paper- if you did, you were penalized with more time until you could take a pic with a straight face. Some people must have been repeat offenders to the point they found it fun-- My cousin's told me that some of their classmates intentionally try to get their picture in the Slammer.. I thought it was pretty cool to keep folks aware of what is going on in their neighbor hoods... May be try a test run, see what the response in crime is- higher/lower...? If offenders know that they are going to be exposed to the public, perhaps they will think twice for fear of being recognized.
I would think there would be a drop in crime- people like attention but typically not negative attention- especially within a condensed city area. NC is different because it was mostly rural and there isn't as much activity down there.