Overall crime has dipped every year since 2016 in the city.
in 2015, Newark has seen those numbers decrease every year since, to a low of less than 1,500 violent incidents in 2020. Due to police reforms stemming from the consent decree, not a single gunshot was fired by police officers in Newark last year.
since 1961. Baraka praised these numbers at the time, while ensuring the troubled areas are also being policed effectively,"There's always this idea that the police are not working in those areas and allowing things to happen, they only protect downtown. Well, these numbers prove that to be false."However, Sherrills said it's important to remember the role that the NCST has played in crime reduction.
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