Local focus: Concentrated effort helping to reduce crime
Jan 26, 2015 Journal Gazette

Nothing is more basic to government than keeping its citizens safe. So Fort Wayne’s announcement that the incidence of crime dropped 14 percent in 2014 is welcome and significant.

Crime has been dropping nationally, but not in every community.  There’s reason to believe that Fort Wayne’s aggressive response to the record-breaking 45 homicides in 2013 helped to reduce the homicide total to 16 last year, a 65 percent drop.


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