Fort Myers police say studying trends helped cut violent crime by 50%
Fort Myers Police Chief Derrick Diggs, backed by consultants, told the city council that several categories of crime have dropped dramatically in the past five years, the product of studying and responding to trends as they develop in the community. New strategies, include paying more attention to statistics that identify where crimes are likely to happen, have been in use, the city police say, as the rate of violent crime in the city of Fort Myers dropped by 51% over the past six years. "A 50% drop in crime tells me we are concentrating on the right things it says to me, the city is safe"...
Source: news-press.com