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Police chief reports 28% drop in overall crime year-over-year, outlines staffing and community-policing plans
Summary
Police Chief Steven Shaw told the Desert Hot Springs Public Safety Commission that the department recorded a 28% reduction in overall crime compared with the same quarter last year, outlined recruit timelines, a two-officer community response team, and plans to assign officers to four voting districts after a July shift change.
Police Chief Steven Shaw told the Desert Hot Springs Public Safety Commission on May 8 that overall crime in the city fell 28% compared with the same quarter last year and highlighted personnel and operational changes intended to maintain that trend.
"We have seen another reduction in our crime... overall our crime numbers went down 28% compared to the same quarter last year," Shaw said, noting specific decreases in violent and property crimes: aggravated assaults down 26%, simple assaults down 38%, robberies down 35% and…
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