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The WAMU article on got it right when it said that gentrification is "one reason in particular" that the city's murder rate is falling. I'm sure that police efforts were another particular reason. As Chief Lanier stated, not any one thing is solely responsible for the decline. Her team definitely deserves some credit for reducing the number of random homicides; however, the number of homicides from gang-related violence is still very much a problem.

@ Tim Krepp

It's worth noting that while the murder rate in Wards 7 and 8 has gone down, lots of people from there have moved out to PG County, where the murder rate has gone up.

by Scoot on Jan 13, 2012 10:47 am • link • report

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