Crime is DOWN in Collier County FL in 2008!
Crime is going down in Naples FL and Collier County says the Sheriff! Read all about it.
The Collier County Sheriff's Office today reports that the number of reported crimes in Collier has decreased, with a 1.3 percent downturn, Florida Department of Law Enforcement numbers show.
The figure is part of the 2008 Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report, which provides a preliminary indication of this year’s crime figures. The report includes data submitted by 406 law enforcement agencies for crimes reported from January through June of this year.
In Collier County, homicides dropped 70 percent, from 10 reported between January and June 2007 to three reported during that time period this year. Aggravated assaults dropped by 12 percent, burglaries by 14 percent and vehicle theft by 11 percent. Sexual assaults held steady, with 31 reported during that time frame. Only larcenies, or thefts, increased from 2,052 to 2,208 during the first six months of 2008.
In fact, 2007 marked the sixth consecutive year of a decrease in crime in unincorporated Collier County.
The only increase reported was in the number of larcenies, and the agency cited as part of the reason for the rise is that more people are choosing to report crimes to law enforcement.
Sheriff Don Hunter noted the agency's partnerships with residents, business owners, government agencies, the school district and civic groups as way that has helped reduce crime.
The agency notes that programs in the Youth and Delinquency Services Division have helped keep streets safe by keeping track of juvenile offenders. Daytime burglaries, vandalism and larcenies have decreased because of programs such as ASSIST (Alternative School Support in Suspension and Truancy). That program allowed the Agency to partner with the school district to help reduce out-of-school suspensions under the supervision of a deputy. However, ASSIST has been phased out by the school district for financial reasons and Hunter is concerned that there may be an increase in burglaries, thefts and vandalism because the juvenile offenders could now be out on the streets instead of under supervision.
Reported crime has also taken a downturn because of the work of Criminal Alien Task Force to identify and detain those people here illegally in the United States or who have overstayed their visas and broke the law by staying here illegally. Nearly 700 people have been removed from the U.S. by this program since it began 16 months ago.
Numbers show that nearly 23 percent of all crimes committed in Collier County can be attributed to these illegally present foreign nationals. Nearly 700 people have been removed from the U.S. by this program since it began 16 months ago.
44The figure is part of the 2008 Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report, which provides a preliminary indication of this year’s crime figures. The report includes data submitted by 406 law enforcement agencies for crimes reported from January through June of this year.
In Collier County, homicides dropped 70 percent, from 10 reported between January and June 2007 to three reported during that time period this year. Aggravated assaults dropped by 12 percent, burglaries by 14 percent and vehicle theft by 11 percent. Sexual assaults held steady, with 31 reported during that time frame. Only larcenies, or thefts, increased from 2,052 to 2,208 during the first six months of 2008.
In fact, 2007 marked the sixth consecutive year of a decrease in crime in unincorporated Collier County.
The only increase reported was in the number of larcenies, and the agency cited as part of the reason for the rise is that more people are choosing to report crimes to law enforcement.
Sheriff Don Hunter noted the agency's partnerships with residents, business owners, government agencies, the school district and civic groups as way that has helped reduce crime.
The agency notes that programs in the Youth and Delinquency Services Division have helped keep streets safe by keeping track of juvenile offenders. Daytime burglaries, vandalism and larcenies have decreased because of programs such as ASSIST (Alternative School Support in Suspension and Truancy). That program allowed the Agency to partner with the school district to help reduce out-of-school suspensions under the supervision of a deputy. However, ASSIST has been phased out by the school district for financial reasons and Hunter is concerned that there may be an increase in burglaries, thefts and vandalism because the juvenile offenders could now be out on the streets instead of under supervision.
Reported crime has also taken a downturn because of the work of Criminal Alien Task Force to identify and detain those people here illegally in the United States or who have overstayed their visas and broke the law by staying here illegally. Nearly 700 people have been removed from the U.S. by this program since it began 16 months ago.
Numbers show that nearly 23 percent of all crimes committed in Collier County can be attributed to these illegally present foreign nationals. Nearly 700 people have been removed from the U.S. by this program since it began 16 months ago.
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