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Police chief reports crime down, highlights homicide clearance, real-time cameras and drone program
Summary
Arlington Police Department reported a 5% overall crime decline in 2024, an 86% homicide clearance rate, expanded traffic enforcement and technology initiatives including a real-time crime center, drone-as-first-responder capability and a neighborhood camera-registration program.
Arlington Police Chief Al Jones presented the department’s 2024 annual report to the City Council, saying overall crime for the year decreased about 5% and describing several technology- and data-driven programs the department has expanded.
Chief Jones said the department’s homicide clearance rate for the year was 86%, well above the national 2023 average of about 58%. He noted the department solved an October 1985 cold case using genetic genealogy and cooperation with the FBI. “Our men and women in our homicide unit are performing well above the national average,” Jones said.
On traffic safety, Jones said fatality crashes decreased in 2024 (35 deaths in 2024 versus…
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