Jacqueline Larma / AP It’s no surprise that policing is a key issue in Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s bid for a third term. Protests over police misconduct in Pittsburgh and across the country came to a head on his front porch in August. Activists demanded answers about the way police responded to previous demonstrations, arresting protesters and deploying so-called less-lethal crowd dispersal tactics. After a heated exchange, Peduto went inside, and police disbanded the demonstrators. But the issue itself hasn’t gone anywhere. But a look at annual Bureau of Police reports and other yearly data collected by the city suggest that in many ways, Peduto has improved the way the city polices its streets … even though the numbers show some problems remain unaddressed.