Apr 23 2008
Violent Crime In Charlotte Jumps Double Digits
For weeks, fearful residents have convened meetings, questioned police and, in one neighborhood, paid off-duty officers to patrol streets.
On Tuesday, police confirmed what people suspected: Crime is spiking in Charlotte.
The number of violent crimes and property crimes both jumped about 11 percent in March from the month before.
And for the first three months of 2008, violent crime leapt 15.3 percent and property crime grew 11.9 percent compared with the same period in 2007, police said.
Experts say a worsening economy is adding to the usual causes of crime — repeat offenders, drugs and dangerous lifestyles.
The spike drew residents’ attention even before police unveiled numbers Tuesday.
“March was a bad month for us,” said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Deputy Chief David Graham. “Nobody is more frustrated than we are as a police department.”
Chief Darrel Stephens, who retires in June, downplayed the increase Tuesday, saying that while his department takes it seriously, there are always variations in crime numbers, and that people should consider rates and long-term trends.
Darrel Stephens has been a complete and utter failure as a police chief. Instead of pursuing an aggressive agenda of cracking down on crime around the city he has sat around with his thumb up his ass singing Kum Ba Ya. His upcoming retirement is the best thing that can happen in Charlotte right now. Hopefully, McCrory will replace him with a competent police chief. Rudy Giuliani and his Chief of Police, William Bratton, totally overhauled the NYPD and cut crime by over half in a city of 8 million people. There is no excuse why it can’t be done here.
Rudolph took the credit of Brattons ideas…in fact, Rudolph took a lot of other peoples credit OR accepted them from mere happenstance and messed up his response to 9/11 so badly they either had to hang him or hold him up as a hero. But, don’t take my word for it;
Rudolph Giuliani
http://rudolphgiuliani.blogspot.com/
It appears you also believe its law enforcements job to protect you…it ain’t.
Time for you to learn the law as it pertains to self-defense in your area and take all appropriate measures to insure you and yours safety…you know, like a loyal citizen would.
( Just in case you didn’t know, it’s not governments job to be your parents on any other issue either. )