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Police describe intensive policing in ShackleBottom after summer violence; council and businesses seek zoning and planning solutions
Summary
Chief Rick Edwards said concentrated policing in the ShackleBottom reduced violent crime this past summer but required significant manpower and produced prosecutorial challenges; council members and business leaders asked staff to explore zoning and planning options.
Chief Rick Edwards told the Public Safety Standing Committee that heavy policing in the ShackleBottom over the past summer produced a measurable decline in violent crime but created enforcement and prosecutorial challenges.
Edwards said concentrated attention in the area corresponded with "less shootings, less robberies, and overall violent crime drop of 12%" in the summer months, but at a cost in manpower and overtime. He told the committee that a large share of guns reported stolen from unlocked cars were taken in the ShackleBottom area and that open display of firearms in the entertainment district is common. "We seized 50 guns in a month and probably 300 guns of people walking around that were lawful.…
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