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An article printed by the Odessa American on January 21st, 1980, attempted to rationalize the increase in crime in the city of Odessa, Texas.

Theft, burglary, physical assault, sexual assault, and murder rates had all risen substantially.

Most doubled, in fact, in the year 1979, compared to their numbers in 1970.

Chief of Detectives for the Odessa Police Department,

Jack Philia, gave a couple of his theories as to why.

There's been an awful lot of change in law and couple of his theories as to why.

There's been an awful lot of change in law enforcement in the last 25 years.

Philia told the newspaper, adding,

officers have to stay abreast of the changes and have to be careful to protect the defendant's rights.

An officer has to be on his toes these days.

Meaning, presumably, that beating a confession out of a suspect was much less of an option.

Chief of Detective Philia told the reporter that the main factor, the determining factor in the increase in crime was simple, that it

all, quote, boils down to a population increase.

Since the murder rate was up 43% since the beginning of the decade, and Odessa's population had only grown by 14.9% in that same period of time. Either Philea's math is lacking or the modest increase in population

came with a bevy of depraved killers.

Whatever the case, it wasn't just Odessa that saw an increase in homicides.

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