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Covington credits 2025 public-safety investments as crime drops 22%
Summary
A city presenter said Covington's 2025 investments in public safety coincided with a 22% drop in overall crime and a 26% rise in arrests, citing license-plate readers, community outreach and a budget-funded new officer starting in 2026.
A city presenter said Covington’s 2025 public-safety investments coincided with a 22% drop in overall crime and a 26% increase in arrests, and that the city will add a new police officer funded in the 2025 budget who is expected to start in 2026.
The presenter opened the statement saying, "People deserve to feel safe where they live, where they work, and where they spend time with their families," and described the year as one in which Covington’s investment in public safety "delivered real results." The presenter attributed specific declines to targeted enforcement and new tools, naming autotheft, assault and vandalism as the largest areas of decline.
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