Look what brought crime down in another city
Savannah is reporting a decrease in crime over last year, which the city attributes to putting more cops on the beat. Dah! Why didn't Reed think of that?
"Extra officers on the streets like the ones out this weekend have helped drop crime in the county by more than 16 percent, interim Chief Willie Lovett said. The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department's goal for 2006 is to decrease crime by 15 percent. As of Monday, crime is down 16.4 percent compared to the first six months of 2005, Lovett said."
http://new.savannahnow.com/node/96570
Maybe we should try that?
posted by Anniken Davenport, Esquire @ 10:55 AM
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I ran some comparison figures on Savannah versus Harrisburg, using the latest available stats (2004) and learned that per capital. I'm better off in Savannah by far when it comes to vilolent crimes, although I may be more likely to suffer a property crime in Savannah. But I have an alarm system here, and would have one there, so that evens those odds. Mind you, this is before Savannah put more cops on the streets:
2004 per capita murder Harrisburg = 22.7 Savannah = 17.7
Forcible rape (is there any other kind? Marital maybe?) Harrisburg = 105 Savannah = 50
Aggravated assault Harrisburg = 497 Savannah = 277
Stolen vehicle Harrisburg = 274 Savannah = 962
Bottom line - take my car - I have insurance to cover it. I can't insure against rape and don't want to collect on my life insurance
They took the actual rate of each crime and calculated the per capita rate. In other words, we did not have 22 murders and Savannah 17.7 - it was calculated as if our 48,000 population was 100,000 and likewise with Savannah's actual number adjusted to per 100,000. That's the only way you can compare it. And you must also use the same set of data. IN this case, that was the FBI crime reports
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