Placerville crime continues on downward trend
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The report cites National Night Out, a crime prevention and community building event, as one of the “focal points” of the department’s success.
The crime rate for 2012 was 24.88 per 1,000 population, down from the most-recent high of 56.42 in 2004, a 56 percent decrease from nine years ago...
PPD saw no homicides in 2012, with only four in the past decade — including one in 2011. Sexual assaults, robberies, assaults, vehicle burglaries, vehicle thefts and larceny were also down from the past year...
Traffic accidents, general burglary, arson, hate crimes and child abuse were up from the previous year...
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/ppd-report-shows-crime-continues-on-downward-trend/
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