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Violent Crime Down 4.4% in Latest FBI Stats

The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased 4.4 percent in 2013 when compared with 2012 data, according to FBI figures released today. Property crimes decreased 4.1 percent, marking the 11th straight year the collective estimates for these offenses declined.

November 10, 2014

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FBI Said to Begin Tracking Animal Cruelty Cases

The FBI will begin tracking animal cruelty cases just as they track other crimes, Wayne Pacelle of The Humane Society of the United States said in a blog post Tuesday.

September 19, 2014

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Feds Don't Track Number of Officer-Involved Shootings

A Washington Post report on the difficulties in quantifying the number of police shootings every year.

September 8, 2014

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Detroit Chief Credits Armed Citizens for Crime Drop

Detroit has experienced 37 percent fewer robberies in 2014 than during the same period last year, 22 percent fewer break-ins of businesses and homes, and 30 percent fewer carjackings.

July 16, 2014

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Alabama Will Consolidate Crime Fighting Functions in 2015

Starting in 2015, just about all of the varying crime-stopping functions on a state level in Alabama will fall under one department, the new Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

July 11, 2014

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Cell Phone Thefts Trend Upward

Cell phones are being snatched at an increasing rate in the Washington metro area, a trend seen nationwide.

April 26, 2014

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New Police Force Credited with Crime Drop in Camden, New Jersey

New police statistics show total crime - violent and nonviolent - plummeted nearly 30 percent in Camden, N.J., in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter in 2013.

April 2, 2014

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Expert: Climate Change to Cause Crime Increase

Matthew Ranson, an environmental economist at Cambridge-based Abt Associates, a public policy research and consulting firm, predicts that over the remainder of this century, rising temperatures in the United States will lead to an additional 22,000 murders.

March 2, 2014

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Dallas Hails Unprecedented Decade-Long Drop in Crime

Dallas police officials are touting what they say is an unprecedented milestone: 10 consecutive years of crime reduction in the city.

January 12, 2014

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Detroit Chief Says Armed Civilians Would Reduce Crime Rate

If more citizens were armed, criminals would think twice about attacking them, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday.

January 2, 2014

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Homicide Rate Drops 18% in Chicago

Homicides dropped 18 percent in Chicago last year and crime overall was down 16 percent, according to statistics released by the Chicago PD on Wednesday.

January 1, 2014

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New Police Force Lowers Camden Crime Rate

As of Dec. 1, homicides have dropped 20 percent in the city, records show, while burglaries and robberies have also fallen significantly. Overall crime is down 14 percent.

December 4, 2013