That's what happens when cities stop reporting crime statistics

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/06/14/what-did-fbi-d...

Murder is down in line with the rest of crime. What that tells you is that even crime that's hard to fail to report follows the general trend.

Down from a massive peak in 2020/2021 when cities tried the "lets not enforce crime" approach. Still elevated from pre 2020 levels.

Not trying to dispute your conclusions, but I'd be wary of using the peak Covid years as a reference.

Okay, and? As long as crime is below its peak level, there’s no need to apprehend criminals?

Shooting people and high speed chases are bad tools for apprehending criminals. They are more likely to harm innocent people than criminals. Facing off with "violent and brazen" criminals doesn't change this, but also the fact that crime is down suggests US criminals are in fact, neither more violent nor more brazen than those in areas where police use less destructive methods.