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APD: 7-day crime trend down 7% but robberies, burglaries and aggravated assaults show upticks
Summary
Deputy Chief Francine Spann of the Atlanta Police Department told the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee on Oct. 27 that the city’s seven-day crime trend was down 7% overall but that robberies and burglaries showed slight increases.
Deputy Chief Francine Spann of the Atlanta Police Department told the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee on Oct. 27 that the city’s seven-day crime trend was down 7% overall but that robberies and burglaries showed slight increases.
"For our 7 day trend overall, we're down 7%," Spann said as she opened the department’s briefing on crime statistics.
Spann told the committee the robbery increase partly reflects “escalated shoplifting,” in which physical contact during a theft changes the offense classification to robbery. She said burglaries included both residential and…
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