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DeKalb Police report shows zero homicides in 2024, highlights technology and social‑work response
Summary
Chief Byrd told the City Council that the DeKalb Police Department recorded zero homicides in 2024 and reported declines in many violent‑crime categories, while stressing the role of license‑plate readers, body cameras, K‑9 units and new social‑worker partnerships.
Chief Byrd, chief of the DeKalb Police Department, presented the department's 2024 annual report to the DeKalb City Council on March 10, saying the city recorded zero homicides in 2024 and showing declines in several violent‑crime categories.
The report, Byrd said, also showed a reduction in confirmed shots‑fired calls from 24 in 2023 to 16 in 2024 and increases in proactive enforcement such as DUI arrests and warrant arrests. "We went from 5 [homicides] in 2023 to 0 in 2024," Byrd said. "This report is reflective of the hard work and professionalism that every member of the agency had displayed on a daily basis."
Why it matters: Byrd framed the 0 homicides statistic as the most important single crime indicator and credited several factors cited in the report: expanded…
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