Dallas police gave their first-quarter crime report. Overall, violent crime is down. But murders are up compared to this time in 2020 and 2021.
The Dallas police chief continues to push his violent crime plan, saying that overall crime is dropping compared to last year. But he admitted the number of homicides is up.Homicides this year are outpacing last year, which was already one of the worst years in recent memory.The chief made progress in reducing violent crime when the total number of murders fell to 220 compared to 254 in 2020. But 2020's murder rate was the highest in some two decades.
This year is off to a violent start with 59 murders from January to March. Last year, there were 53 murders. In 2020, there were 41 murders in the same time period. "Argument, conflicts is the number one reason for the increase," said Dallas Police Deputy Chief Terrence Rhodes."Some type of acquaintance," Rhodes said."It’s not stranger on stranger," Rhodes said.
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