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Police quarterly update: crime trends, drone first-responder deployments and event safety highlights
Summary
The police department reported lower theft-from-vehicle and burglary trends overall but a slight rise in some serious-injury crashes and motor-vehicle thefts; the department highlighted 46 deployments of its drone-first-responder program and other safety measures during events such as Dublin Irish Festival.
Dublin police briefed city council Aug. 25 on quarterly public-safety performance, crime and traffic trends, drone deployments and special-event security.
Deputy Chief Lattanzi reported 21 Part I violent crimes year-to-date, a decrease in theft-from-vehicle reports compared with last year and a small increase in motor-vehicle thefts. Lattanzi said 18 of 46 reported motor-vehicle thefts involved vehicles where key fobs or keys were left in the vehicle, and that nearly 34% of theft-from-vehicle reports involved unlocked vehicles. He encouraged residents to secure keys and lock vehicles.
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