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Chief and OCC directors report falling violent crime, OCC caseload dip and set timeline for budget briefings
Summary
Chief reported a 6% drop in violent crime in 2011 and a homicide total of 50; OCC Director Joyce Hicks reported 784 cases opened and 846 closed in 2011. Commissioners scheduled budget briefings and discussed a five-year hiring plan amid projected city deficits.
At the commission’s January meeting the police chief and the director of the Office of Citizen Complaints delivered year-end updates that commissioners framed as reason for cautious optimism and as a prompt to review upcoming budget choices.
The chief reported that violent crime was down about 6% in 2011 and that the city recorded 50 homicides in 2011, the same number as 2010 and a cumulative 18% reduction since 2008. The department made 121 DUI arrests during a mid-December through Jan. 1 crackdown, a 29% increase from the prior year, and the chief said the city recorded no alcohol-related DUI deaths during…
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