Much was made about the impressive statistic that no arrests were made during President Obama’s inauguration. But the Examiner’s Bill Myers points out that there were four homicides in Ward 8 between Jan. 19 and Jan. 24, which is about three more than is typical for any given week in the ward. Did the deployment of D.C. police officers to inauguration-only duty shifts contribute to the uptick? Hard to say—the article makes the point that the location of one of the murders is typically patrolled by off-duty police officers, but they weren’t available during the inaugural festivities.