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Tag: Crime Statistics
Command
Kansas City Police Chief Announces Plan to Reduce Violent Crime
The crime plan outlines three main strategies for police to implement: data-informed community engagement (DICE), data-driven deployment and focused deterrence.
April 4, 2024
Command
Editorial: America Needs More Straight-Talking Sheriffs
“Society wants to blame everything else but where the blame should be. The blame goes to this individual,” Sheriff Billy Woods said.
February 29, 2024
Command
Editorial: Crazy Person Wanted
The Oakland PD has been operating under a federal consent decree since January 2003. That’s not a typo. The police department has been under the control of federal courts and court-appointed monitors for 21 years.
February 29, 2024
Command
Biden Celebrates Drop in Crime Rates During Meeting with Major City Chiefs
"Last year, the United States had one of the lowest rates of all violent crime in more than 50 years," Biden told top police officials from cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, Buffalo; Milwaukee, Charlotte, and DeKalb County, Georgia.
February 28, 2024
Patrol
120 CHP Troopers Deploying to Oakland in Attempt to Reduce Crime
Crime in Oakland is rising at a disproportionate rate compared to other urban centers in California, officials said, noting increases in violent crime, robbery and vehicle theft by 21%, 38% and 45%, respectively, in 2023.
February 6, 2024
Command
DC Chief Offers Solution to Street Violence: Jail the Bad Guys
"We need to keep violent people in jail. Right now, the average homicide suspect has been arrested eleven times prior to them committing a homicide," the chief said. "That is a problem. That is a problem."
March 8, 2023
Patrol
Dave Smith: No Lessons Learned
In the 1980s and 1990s crime was out of control in this country and our leaders did something about it. Now they have abandoned that mission and crime has come back.
January 3, 2023
Command
Philadelphia Police Assigned Crimes from Unknown Locations to Disney World
More than 5,000 crimes—including 16 arsons, 50 homicides, and 298 auto thefts—were plotted to Disney World.
September 23, 2022
Patrol
Police in NC Tourist Town Coping with 34% Increase in Violent Crime
Chief David Zack says his department is down more than 100 sworn officers since May 2020, and that they are struggling to maintain visibility while "operating at almost 42% down every single day."
September 22, 2022
Patrol
FBI Director Says Last Year Cops Murdered at Rate of One Every Five Days
An "alarming percentage" of officers were being killed in ambushes. "Wearing the badge shouldn't make you a target," Wray said.
April 25, 2022
Command
3 Southern CA Sheriffs Slam Legislature for Hindering Public Safety
“What we are missing is political will,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. “We have the answers.”
April 25, 2022
Patrol
Chiefs, Mayors, and Prosecutors in Twin Cities Area Meet to Address Violent Crime
"We are here because our businesses and our residents tell us they are frightened and they want to know what we're going to do about it," said Maplewood Mayor Marylee Abrams.
January 12, 2022
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