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Police chief reports lower 2025 crime totals, highlights camera-aided recovery and $3.5 million federal grant
Summary
Police Chief Elliott presented 2025 crime statistics showing declines from a 2024 peak, attributed trends to multiple factors including community tips and technology, described a camera-and-AI-aided recovery of a missing adolescent, and noted a $3.5 million federal grant to upgrade the real-time crime center and dispatch capabilities.
Police Chief Elliott presented the Jonesboro Police Department’s 2025 crime statistics to the Public Safety Council Committee, saying the numbers are down following a 2024 peak in major crimes against persons. Elliott said long-term violent-crime counts have fluctuated between about 80 and 120 in the past 19 years while Jonesboro’s population has grown to "over 15,000." He emphasized the department files monthly reports to the FBI and that…
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