Local crime rates decline
NHPD plans outreach to lower shootings
The first three months of 2007 saw a decline in overall crime in New Haven, but non-lethal shootings were up, following a trend that started late last year, police officials announced Monday.
Overall crime for the first quarter of 2007 was down by 6 percent compared to the same period last year, New Haven Police Department Chief Francisco Ortiz and Mayor John DeStefano said at a press conference. Notably, there were no homicides, compared to five the first quarter of 2006. But the first quarter of 2007 was marked by continued increases in both assault and non-lethal shootings,...
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