home > Noise > City/County> Com Stat
Crime Down Overall; JPD Out in Force This Weekend
Fil Photo
By R.L. Nave
Nov 11, 2011
Read the report.
Even though property crimes are on the decline, Jackson's cops will be out in full force this weekend for the annual Capital City Classic football game and other events.
Some 43,000 are expected to attend the game at Veterans Memorial Stadium pitting Jackson State University against Alcorn State University, making it an attractive site for thieves, Jackson Police Department Assistant Police Chief Lee Vance said.
He said that few problems typically occur in connection to the event in the past, but that the department plans to "deploy a visible force to deter crime."
The Jackson Police Department also released this morning its major crimes overview for the week of Nov. 7 to Nov. 13.
Total major crimes numbered 195 compared to 207 the previous week, a reduction of 5.8 percent. The department has also reduced total major crimes year-to-date by 5.2 percent over the same period, from 10,884 last year to 10,321 this year.
Property crimes saw about a 3 percent drop from the previous week, to 165 from 170. Year-to-date, crimes against property are down 4.5 percent to 8,877 from 9,300. Meanwhile, total violent crimes went down to 30 from 37 a week earlier, for a 33.9 percent reduction. For the year, JPD officers have lowered the number of violent crimes 8.8 percent from 1,584 to 1,444.
Although overall crime rates have seen steady reductions, several key areas could still use improvement. Homicides are up 20 percent over last year with 42 so far compared to 35 in the same period last year. Another area that has the attention of commanders is house burglaries, which are up 56.5 percent over last week and 5.3 percent for the year. House burglaries jumped to 72 from 46 last week. For the year, the number has gone up to 3,528 from 3,352.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this morning that the nation's homicide is the lowest in 40 years. The national rate fell to 4.8 per 100,000 in 2010.
"Much of the decline was in the nation's largest cities, those with a population of one million or more, where the homicide rate dropped dramatically from 35.5 homicides per 100,000 U.S. residents in 1991 to a low of 11.9 per 100,000 in 2008," the DOJ said in a statement.
posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 11/17/11 at 12:46 PM. [printer version] Share |
COMMENTS
:: recentcomments
May 25, 2012 | 02:20 PMJRA Says Ugly Garage Ramp Must Go
justjess: Not a problem and for sure, not a priority. In an ecomomy where people are concerned about the State's infrastructure (unstable bridges, sreets in desperate need of repair ...
May 25, 2012 | 02:17 PM
BREAKING: JPS Agrees to Overhaul Discipline Policies, Settles Lawsuit
lizwaibel: Also today, the US Dept. of Education released a resource document that says restraint or seclusion does not reduce the occurrence of ...
May 25, 2012 | 09:32 AM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: I'm not sure where the "@" came from, but I think golden eagle's response was directed to me, so I will respond one more time. First, the inclusion of the word "facts" and the phrase ...
May 25, 2012 | 08:01 AM
[Dish] Cobby Williams, Young Gun
Queen601: That first question is classic! LOL
May 24, 2012 | 09:34 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: @notmuch, here are some facts about voter fraud, straight from the Brennan Center's website: Fraud by individual voters is both irrational and extremely rare. Most citizens who ...
May 24, 2012 | 07:14 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: Oh, I have hundreds of those right-wing sites, and I couldn't say which ones are more "partisan"--they all include those pesky facts. Yes, when dead voters and multiple voters under ...
May 24, 2012 | 07:11 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
justjess: @ golden eagle. Thanks for the spell check. I didn't just spell assassination wrong ONE time, I did it over and over. LOL! You are right on the mark; I was trying to use the word ...
May 24, 2012 | 06:46 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: I don't think you could've found a more partisan right-wing site than the Daily Caller. The fact of the matter is that the right is using this issue not as a means of improving ...
May 24, 2012 | 06:10 PM
[Dish] Cobby Williams, Young Gun
trusip: WOW! was this a real interview or a joke?
May 24, 2012 | 05:00 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: I don't think you could have found a more liberal example of a "non-partisan" site, but even so, their evidence seems to consist of 250 carefully chosen instances in one area of ...
May 24, 2012 | 04:48 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
golden eagle: Rather than using ideological websites to support your argument, I'll use the non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice. Really good site.
May 24, 2012 | 04:30 PM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
notmuch: I might be missing something here, but I am a little confused by Golden Eagle's points: "the fact is that voter fraud is extremely rare"--so it is of no consequence that some ...
May 24, 2012 | 11:26 AM
Nick Hanauer's 'Controversial' TED Talk -- Tax the Rich?
RobbieR: TED is an elite academic conference.
May 24, 2012 | 10:18 AM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
DonnaLadd: No, Darryl, no one blocked you. Stop being paranoid. We just typically open comments in moderation during non-office hours. To me, a bozo isn't someone who disagrees with me. It's ...
May 24, 2012 | 06:18 AM
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
Darryl: That's funny that you blocked my last comment...
1e-mail newsletter
Sign up for the JFP Daily Newsletter to receive breaking news, local events, music listings and more by e-mail.
jfp featured event
Jackson 2000 Spring Social
Jun 14, 2012 - Enjoy food from Koinonia and music from Jazz Beautiful with Pam Confer. Meet the board members and learn more about the organization's work in Jackson. more
jfp best bets and recommended
|
Guests online: 214
© Jackson Free Press, Inc. - portions of code by CC with EE. User agreement and privacy statement. |
