Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Good news
Posted by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Police Chief Rodney Monroe might be right, if you take the officers out of the doughnut shops their offices and plant them in the communities they are sworn to protect, crime rates fall. Amazing.
Police Chief Rodney Monroe has credited Charlotte’s lower crime rates to increased police presence in high-crime neighborhoods. After arriving last year from Richmond Va., Monroe reassigned officers from desk duty back to the streets. He has asked for more officers to create smaller patrol districts.
To see the stats and read the rest of this QCityMetro article, click here.
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