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Kalamazoo review board hears Office of Professional Standards report showing declines in homicide and nonfatal shootings; recruitment underway
Summary
At a meeting of the Citizens Public Safety Review and Appeal Board, the Office of Professional Standards reported declines in homicides and nonfatal shootings year-to-date, described a gun-amnesty program and outlined recent recruitment activity including 132 applications and six conditional offers.
The Citizens Public Safety Review and Appeal Board on Monday heard an update from the Office of Professional Standards on complaint and crime data, staffing and community programs. Inspector Mason told the board the department is seeing declines in both violent and property crime compared with recent years, and provided specific comparisons for homicides and nonfatal shootings.
“We're down significantly in both categories,” Inspector Mason said, and the report showed seven homicides this year…
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