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Norfolk police report drops in violent crime for 2024; chief cites staffing and technology gains
Summary
Police Chief Mark Talbot said violent crime fell in 2024 — homicides down 12% year-over-year and nonfatal shootings down 40% — and credited staffing increases, a real-time crime center and violence interrupters while acknowledging remaining challenges on call wait times and property crime.
Mark Talbot, chief of the Norfolk Police Department, told the City Council at a Feb. 25 work session that citywide crime declined in 2024 and the department is pursuing staffing and technology measures to sustain the trend.
"Crime fell last year in the city and the men and women of the police department deserve a % of the credit for that," Talbot said. He reported homicides were down 12% in 2024 and 42% from 2022; nonfatal shootings were down 40%; aggravated assaults were down 21%; robberies down 13%; and total violence down 18%. Talbot said the department achieved an 85% homicide clearance rate in 2024.
Talbot described staffing gains and recruitment efforts: the department employed about 540…
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