More people means there is more of an opportunity for crime,
If we could get an increase in officers to get back to that, over time the crime rate would start to drop, ... We've become a more reactive police department.
For me, this is one of the defining images from that period of history.
We have occasional hot spots, but that does not constitute a trend, ... The crime rate would be good for a week or two, then gone.
We haven't raised the operation and maintenance tax rate much over the years. And sales taxes basically have tanked.
Everyone is doing a lot of stuff with video over the Internet so with that happening, we are just seeing what are the next steps and possibilities. This is just looking to the future to see what other products can do.
If you steal a 10-cent piece of gum, it counts the same as stealing a $3,500 riding lawn mower out of my back yard,
The city population may have not gone up that much, but the MSA population has gone up,