January 5, 2012 at 8:57am 57 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Despite weak economy, crime in Los Angeles County still declines: There were thousands fewer crimes reported in 2011 than 2010 in areas the LAPD and Sheriff’s Department patrol. The trend puzzles some but reinforces a common police view that other factors are at play. “The driving forces on crime,” Beck said, are ” ‘What is the likelihood the police will catch you?’ and, ‘What would your mother or neighbor think if they knew what you were doing?’” A spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca took a similar stand. “Communities seem to be banding together to fight crime,” Steve Whitmore said. “We can’t take the complete credit.” Photo: LAPD officers arrest an Occupy L.A. protester near the encampment at City Hall in November. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

Despite weak economy, crime in Los Angeles County still declines: There were thousands fewer crimes reported in 2011 than 2010 in areas the LAPD and Sheriff’s Department patrol. The trend puzzles some but reinforces a common police view that other factors are at play.

“The driving forces on crime,” Beck said, are ” ‘What is the likelihood the police will catch you?’ and, ‘What would your mother or neighbor think if they knew what you were doing?’”

A spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca took a similar stand. “Communities seem to be banding together to fight crime,” Steve Whitmore said. “We can’t take the complete credit.”

Photo: LAPD officers arrest an Occupy L.A. protester near the encampment at City Hall in November. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

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