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Toledo Escorts: WTOL.com – Toledo’s News Leader | Crime rates down for third year, despite …
May 25, 2010 | | Leave a Comment
In Washington, where the number of murders fell from 186 to 143, Phil Mendelson, chairman of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee, said case closure rates have gone up as detectives work more quickly and information is shared more within the department.
The police department in Columbus, Ohio, where the violent crime rate went down 10 percent, has been trying different neighborhood strategies, including direct patrols of precinct hot spots aimed at reducing thefts and prostitution. Sgt. Rich Weiner said it is difficult to quantify the role the economy plays in crime rates. Voters last summer approved a city income tax increase that saved 300 police jobs, Weiner said. The city got $1.25 million in federal stimulus money last year to pay the salaries of about 25 new police recruits.
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