"It is all-hands-on-deck trying to prevent crimes from occurring. And hold those accountable who commit crimes,"
"And so we want people to believe the data. And this is the data from year-to-year."
"Violence prevention actually works. The individuals who are responsible for some of the more violent crime, often earn other income from break-ins, from bipping and all these other things. So, when you address the people who are at the root cause of engaging in these crimes, there is this ripple effect,"
"It is very hard to capture that data because we really don't know who is reporting crime and who is not,"
Oakland is recording substantial declines across major crime categories with homicides down 22% year-over-year, vehicle thefts down 65% versus the three-year average, burglaries down 42%, and robberies down 47% versus the three-year average. City leaders attribute the reductions to improved coordination among agencies, targeted budget priorities for 911, dispatch, and violence-prevention programs such as Ceasefire, and focused interventions addressing root causes. Officials emphasize evidence-based violence prevention and coordinated response systems. Police union representatives caution that crime-reporting variability complicates data interpretation and that capturing accurate reporting remains a challenge.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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