Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Night Out Against Crime
On the eve of August 7th, more than 50 National Night Against Crime events were scheduled throughout Davidson County. Thousands of neighbors, including members of the I. C. White Stone Foundation, celebrated with each other and had a great "Night Out Against Crime".
Photos of our members are available here.
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Chief Ronal Serpas shares "the efforts of neighbors all over Nashville are making a difference in the life of our community...
YTD overall crime in Nashville is down about 1% from 2006. We had a spike in March and April, with May, June and July reversing the trend (June we were down 9.6% compared to June 2006, and July is down 6.5% over July 2007).
2006 was the third year in a row that crime fell in Nashville (2004, 2005, 2006), to the lowest level (both in actual reports filed and per capita rates) since 1990. So we are holding steady a crime rate that hasn't been experienced in 17 years, contrasted to a population that has grown by over 20% since 1990.
Finally, at the end of 2003, our city had about 250 active neighborhood watch groups – today we number over 360 groups. This is the most important data point to me. Neighborhood watch group growth is one of the most critical pieces to crime fighting, community policing and quality of life improvements, because it is in these nightly meetings, somewhere every day in Nashville, that we share our message, tools, strategies and accountability to make a difference.
Ronal W. Serpas
Chief of Police
Metropolitan Police Department
Photos of our members are available here.
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Chief Ronal Serpas shares "the efforts of neighbors all over Nashville are making a difference in the life of our community...
YTD overall crime in Nashville is down about 1% from 2006. We had a spike in March and April, with May, June and July reversing the trend (June we were down 9.6% compared to June 2006, and July is down 6.5% over July 2007).
2006 was the third year in a row that crime fell in Nashville (2004, 2005, 2006), to the lowest level (both in actual reports filed and per capita rates) since 1990. So we are holding steady a crime rate that hasn't been experienced in 17 years, contrasted to a population that has grown by over 20% since 1990.
Finally, at the end of 2003, our city had about 250 active neighborhood watch groups – today we number over 360 groups. This is the most important data point to me. Neighborhood watch group growth is one of the most critical pieces to crime fighting, community policing and quality of life improvements, because it is in these nightly meetings, somewhere every day in Nashville, that we share our message, tools, strategies and accountability to make a difference.
Ronal W. Serpas
Chief of Police
Metropolitan Police Department
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