December 19, 2006 7:40 AM
Serious crime skids in Denver, rises elsewhere
More aggressive police work is among the factors being credited for a 12 percent drop in serious crime in Denver in the first 10 months of 2006, reports Lou Kilzer.
Arrests soared 14 percent during the first eight of months of this year, the most current number available from the Denver Police Department, reversing a decline since 1998.The drop in crime came as large cities nationwide - and some of Denver's suburbs - saw crime rise during the first half of the year.
Nowhere is Denver's juiced-up enforcement more obvious than in the proactive policing that officers do without being called by someone to react to a problem.
According to Denver court records from January through October, the latest figures available from the court, DUI cases shot up 48 percent from the comparable period in 2005.
Meanwhile, Aurora, Colorado Springs and Lakewood all saw increases in violent crimes (categorized by the FBI as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault), reports Hector Gutierrez.
In other Colorado cities with populations of more than 100,000, Westminster, Thornton and Pueblo experienced declines in the number of violent crimes committed.
December 19, 2006
8:26 AM
Crime King writes:
this blog is lame
December 19, 2006
8:58 AM
JS writes:
I wonder about the "crime keeping"
saticstics they are using in Denver. And I know the COS cops. You call for one of them, and the people who ansewer the phones will tell ya that they don't have anyone available to respond to YOUR call. It has to be serious before you see a COS cops.
December 19, 2006
10:27 AM
Anonymous writes:
The only reason crime in Denver fell is because so many of the illegals moved to Greeley.
December 19, 2006
11:42 AM
Anonymous writes:
Looks to me like the burbs are where the crime is going up
December 19, 2006
4:30 PM
RedFox writes:
This is kind of entertaining. I clicked on the link and before looking at your posts I thought, "I'd bet a a lot of money that this blog has already been hit up with a few racist cracks at Hispanics."
And sure enough! You guys never fail to disappoint.
December 20, 2006
7:18 PM
Ben writes:
RedFox ; Do you see a pattern developing here?