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BSO: overall crime down year-to-date but violent crime up; deputies recover items in suspected cleaning-staff theft scheme
Summary
Acting Captain Palomarra of the Broward Sheriff’s Office reported year-to-date overall crime down 11.7% but a near 40% increase in violent crime, and described arrests using license-plate readers and cooperative responses to business burglaries.
Acting Captain Palomarra of the Broward Sheriff’s Office gave the Tamarac City Commission an April operations update on May 14, reporting year-to-date decreases in overall crime but an increase in violent offenses.
Palomarra said April produced about 3,700 calls for service for the month and nearly 16,000 year-to-date, with deputies initiating 40% of those contacts. The month saw 91 Part I crimes, and overall crime for the year was down 11.7%. Property crime was down about 18%, while violent crime — including aggravated batteries, aggravated assaults and robberies — rose…
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