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BSO reports overall crime down but violent crime up 50% in Tamarac; deputies point to unpredictable interpersonal incidents
Summary
Acting Captain Christopher Palomar told the commission that overall crime in Tamarac is down year to date while violent crime — particularly aggravated battery and aggravated assault — has risen; deputies cited increased field-initiated activity, license-plate-reader arrests and community outreach as mitigation steps.
Acting Captain Christopher Palomar of the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) Tamarac District briefed the city commission on public-safety trends on June 25 and said overall crime in the city is down year to date while violent crime has increased.
“Again, we continue to have a high rate of calls — over 4,000 a month, 20,000 for the year,” Palomar said, citing patrol statistics and field-initiated activity. He told the commission that in May the district recorded 81 Part 1 crimes (the most severe categories), that property crimes were down nearly 20% year to date, but that violent crime — including aggravated battery and aggravated assault — was up…
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