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Pharr police report three-year crime declines; chief cites data-driven patrols and mental-health unit
Summary
Chief Juan Gonzalez told the commission that violent and property crimes have decreased since 2022 and attributed the trend to data-driven deployments, business partnerships, traffic improvements and the department’s mental‑health unit.
Pharr Police Department Director Juan Gonzalez presented the city’s Uniform Crime Report and told commissioners the city has seen decreases in both violent and property crime over the last three years.
Gonzalez summarized the department’s reported counts: violent incidents moved from 212 (2022) to 203 (2023) to 179 (2024), and combined totals cited in the presentation dropped from 1,431 and 1,412 in…
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