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Sweetwater police report 34% drop in major crimes in 2024, describe mobile camera trailers and equipment purchases
Summary
Police Chief Sergio Diaz told the City of Sweetwater Commission that major crimes fell 34% in 2024 compared with 2023, outlined data-driven policing (ComStat), and described deployment and planned purchases of camera trailers and a pole camera; the commission discussed buying additional trailers in the next budget cycle.
Chief Sergio Diaz told the City of Sweetwater commissioners that the police department’s data-driven policing effort produced a 34% reduction in major crimes in 2024 compared with 2023. “I said at the promotional ceremony that our crime rate went down by 34%,” he said, describing the department’s use of a ComStat mapping and tracking system.
Diaz gave specific figures for some categories: “In 2023, we had 42 aggravated assaults. In 2024, we had 19,” he said. He added that reported batteries fell from 2 in 2023 to 0 in 2024. Diaz said burglaries were 106 in 2024;…
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