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Portsmouth Police unveil gun-violence dashboard and mixed first-quarter crime trends
Summary
Chief Jenkins of the Portsmouth Police Department gave a briefing on quarterly crime statistics and a new public gun-violence dashboard, and he outlined the department’s pursuit of CALEA advanced accreditation and new data tools.
Chief Jenkins of the Portsmouth Police Department gave a detailed briefing on the department’s quarterly crime statistics and on technology and accreditation efforts designed to support prevention and transparency.
For the period Jan. 1–March 31, the department reported a 7.91% increase in total violent crime for the first quarter. Chief Jenkins said aggravated assaults had increased — with many driven by domestic-related incidents — and explained how victim counts differ from incident counts in departmental records.
At the same time, Jenkins reported that homicides are down 69% year to date: the department compared 11 homicides in the previous comparable period to four this year. The department also reported reductions in property crime and overall crime in other aggregated comparisons: a 19% reduction in property crimes and a 15% reduction in overall…
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