Posted on Wednesday, 15th April 2009 by Patrick Dorwin
The actual numbers won’t be released until later today, but reports are that the first quarter of the year shows a continuation in the decline of both violent and property crimes. I’ll throw the numbers at you later, but the good news on the crime fighting front continues.
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
If the early release prison bill passes, I’ll bet almost anything those numbers will go right back up for next year!! I’d also bet that the rise in crime will certainly cost much more than the $27 or so million that the Governor claims will be saved. Think of the costs of crime that aren’t mentioned, higher costs of goods from every type of retail store (covers costs businesses loss from theft). Higher costs for health care and health insurance (property criminals do sometimes become violent and injure people, more drug users overdosing requiring hospitalization, etc). Higher cost for auto and homeowners insurance (more claims from accidents and from theft). It goes on and on, to probably more than $27 million, but our taxes won’t go up. Oops, that won’t happen either, because now useless probation programs will have to be paid for as well…
April 15th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
The numbers for this first quarter include:
You can see the spreadsheet with totals, here.