In New Haven, burglary spike linked to economic downturn
As Mayor John DeStefano Jr. stood before the podium at a press conference at New Haven Police Department headquarters last Friday, he emphasized two trends in the city’s quarterly crime report. As statistics breakdowns flashed in succession on a projector screen to his left, the message was clear.
“Violent crimes are down. Burglaries are up,” the mayor said on multiple occasions, stressing the quarterly report’s most prominent results to the reporters in the room.
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By tglory (Unregistered User)
8:04am on April 11, 2008
i love working at yale,the only thing about it ,people love drama at your workplace.yhey should leave that mess at home
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By Erica De Bruin (Unregistered User)
1:34pm on April 11, 2008
It's Richard Rosenfeld not Rosenthal.
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By joey (Unregistered User)
4:16pm on April 13, 2008
maybe certain prisoners are released from Prison who have been incaecerated for Burglaries.Maybe other criminals including the usual car break in thieves are jumping at the oportunity that has arisen as swarms of cops and do gooders are following around "that guy"..
leaving such an incredible golden op for the greener pasture that is your room
DeStefano: Crime, education priorities
When I attended the divinity school I was an apartment superintendent on Elm Streeet on the fringe of the ghetto, 1978-85. Yale could ameliorate some of the frustration of the poor who border its campus by creating an apprenticeship program: Start in this low level job at Yale and work your way up. In fact, our entire society needs to bring back apprenticeship as a respectable parallel career alternative to the privileged college track. If it was good enough for Benjamin Franklin it ought to be good enough for an entire generation of kids who see nothing in their future but basketball, rap and designer hair. Believe it or not, there is a future out there in the world of computer technology, for instance, for people who don't go to college. Computers are egalitarian: they do not know whether the fingers on the keyboard or the mouse have educational pedigree or not. It seems counterintuitive to expect Yale to promote a non-academic career path for the poor. There is a China on Elm Street Dixwell, Goffe and Whalley Avenues and the site of your new residential colleges, lower Prospect hill, dear Yale. It can be ignored or it can be harnessed.