Mayor Miller and Chief Kunkle downplay DMN's results. According to the DMN, "Chief Kunkle said he is most comfortable comparing cities by their murder rates because its difficult to undercount or misclassify them. 'I have no confidence at all making comparisons across cities in anything other than homicides', he said". The only problem for Kunkle is that homicides are up 9.6% this year-to-date with murders per capita in Dallas running more than twice that of New York City's. If it weren't for the murders committed by the Katrina evacuees in Houston last winter, Dallas would have easily been ranked #2 in murders per capita for 2005. Thanks to Katrina, it squeaked from #2 to #3 by a fraction of a percent. In 2005 in another crime category, #1 Dallas's 1848 burglaries per 100,000 was 36% higher than #2 Phoenix's 1368 burglaries per 100,000. New York City's rate was 295 burglaries per 100,000, which means that a Dallas citizen is more than six times more likely to be burglarized than a citizen of NYC.CLICK toread the DMN article "No. 1 in crime again, but....."
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dallascrime.com to address crime & illegal immigration
Over 30% of the inmates in Texas prisons are illegal immigrants.....in California, its over 50%. With national attention now on illegal immigration, our website will begin focusing on how crimes by illegals are largely responsible for Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and Phoenix ranking #1, #2, #3 and #4 in crime per capita among cities with population over one million. Don't be fooled by the main stream media spin on this issue.....the savings to the American taxpayer in goods and services provided by illegals is far exceeded by the cost to educate his children, provide health care for his family and incarcerate millions of illegals in our prisons. CLICK to read about the best solution that I have heard yet to address this immigration crisis in our country. MORE TO COME on the issue this weekend........
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We Told You So!
Commercial burglaries up 17.9% in March as Dallas Police implements Verfied Response and starts its Non-Response to business security systems. CLICK to see what Rad Field has to say about the subject. Rad and other civic-minded Dallas citizens speak out daily on www.dallasarena.com. Link to it regularly and let its editor, Sharon Boyd, keep you current with what's really happening at City Hall.
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Murders up 9.6% year-to-date according to Dallas Police.
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Katrina evacuees boosted Houston slightly ahead of Dallas in murders per capita for 2005. Houston posted 16.7 murders per 100,000, edging out Dallas with 16.4 murders per 100,000. Katrina evacuees responsible for at least 29 murders in Houston. In murders for 2005 among cities with population over one million, Philadelphia remains #1 per capita, Houston #2 and Dallas #3. If not for Katrina, Dallas would have repeated its #2 ranking in murder. CLICK to read recent Houston Chronicle article on the subject.
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Los Angeles leads nation in crime reduction for 2005 with 14% reduction using "Broken Windows Policing"
CLICK to read "There Are No Cracks in Broken Windows"
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Under Mayor Laura Miller, Dallas has fewer police today than in 2003!
Dallas City Manager, Mary Suhm, says that she has worked in the police department and she knows that Dallas just can't hire and train more than 50 police a year. If so, then how did New York City hire and train 2326 police a year in 1998 and 1999? The increase in the number of police in New York City in the 1990's, along with the adoption of "broken windows policing", cut crime by over 60% during the two four-year terms of Rudy Giuliani, making NYC the safest major city in America. A Dallas citizen is now twice as likely to be murdered as a citizen of NYC and six times more likely to be burglarized.
Mary.......how can NYC hire and train 2326 police a year and Dallas can only hire and train 50 a year? Maybe city government in New York City knows what it's doing? It's obvious that you don't, Ms. Suhm. MORE TO COME......MUCH MORE!!!!!
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TAXPAYER MONEY USED TO LOBBY DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO PASS VERIFIED RESPONSE
PRELIMINARY CRIME PER CAPITA RANKING OF MAJOR CITIES BY UCR ANALYSIS
CITY
TOTAL
MURDER
FORCIBLE
ROBBERY
ASSAULT
BURGLARY
LARCENY/
AUTO
ARSON
CRIME
RAPE
THEFT
THEFT
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
2004 2005
CHICAGO
#5 #5
#3 #4
NA NA
#3 #3
#3 #3
#5 #5
#5 #5
#6 #5
#6 NA
DALLAS
#1 #1
#2 #3
#3 #3
#2 #2
#4 #2
#1 #1
#2 #2
#2 #2
#1 NA
HOUSTON
#4 #3
#5 #2
#4 #4
#4 #4
#5 #4
#2 #2
#4 #3
#3 #4
#2 NA
LOS ANGELES
#7 #8
#6 #6
#6 #7
#5 #5
#1 #6
#7 #7
#8 #8
#7 #7
#3 NA
NEW YORK CITY
#9 #9
#8 #8
#8 #8
#6 #6
#8 #8
#9 #9
#9 #9
#9 #9
NA NA
PHILADELPHIA
#6 #6
#1 #1
#1 #1
#1 #1
#2 #1
#6 #6
#6 #6
#5 #6
NA NA
PHOENIX
#2 #4
#4 #5
#5 #5
#7 #7
#9 #7
#4 #4
#3 #4
#1 #1
#5 NA
SAN ANTONIO
#3 #2
#7 #7
#2 #2
#8 #8
#6 #5
#3 #3
#1 #1
#8 #8
#4 NA
SAN DIEGO
#8 #7
#9 #9
#7 #6
#9 #9
#7 #9
#8 #8
#7 #7
#4 #3
#7 NA
*Preliminary ranking based on currently available year end crime statistics from police departments for cities listed and from actual 2004 FBI UCR (Uniform Crime Report) data. Ranking compiled by dallascrime.com and will be adjusted as data is finalized. Final rankings will be available in June 2006 when FBI releases UCR for 2005. (03/05/06)
"In a city where there is no vision and no commitment, disorder will run rampant."*
*quote by George L. Kelling, author of "Do Police Matter? An Analysis of New York City's Police Reforms"
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dallascrime.com is a proud member of the Dallas Crime Watch - JOINTODAY!!!
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WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT MEDIA BLITZ ALERTING DALLAS CITIZENS TO THE SEVERE CRIME CRISIS IN OUR CITY. CLICK HERE TO READ THE "LETTER TO THE EDITOR" THAT INITIATED THE FRONT PAGE HEADLINE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS DECLARING THAT DALLAS HAS #1 BIG-CITY CRIME RATE!!!
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This new website will keep the citizens of Dallas informed about the high crime in our city. It will provide an objective and unvarnished perspective of the overall crime situation and encourage citizens to become active and demand that the city government and business community get their heads straight and make the reduction of crime priority #1. Improving parks & streets is important, but making them SAFE is much more important!
EVERY YEAR ......FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.....DALLAS CITIZENS HAVE BEEN CRIME VICTIMS AT THE HIGHEST RATE IN THE NATION AMONG CITIES WITH POPULATION OVER ONE MILLION.
The average citizen in Dallas is not aware that he is living in a city with the worst overall crime rate among major cities. For the last EIGHT years Dallas has had the HIGHEST total crime rate per capita and HIGHEST burglary rate per capita of all major U.S. cities with population over one million. Year after year, Dallas has consistently ranked #1, #2 or #3 among these major cities in all crime categories tracked by the FBI.
In the 1990's, while Mayor Kirk built a stadium and the crime rate in Dallas trended upward, Mayor Giuliani reduced crime in New York City by over 60%. Mayor Kirk left us our city with a murder rate double that of Mayor Giuliani's New York City. We have our work to do, but if New York, a city with a population eight times greater than Dallas, can reduce crime......then Dallas can. To solve a problem, you must first admit that you have a problem. Thanks to the recent outing of the high crime rate by the local media, we have finally admitted that we have a problem ! CLICK HERE to read a transcript of Mayor Giuliani's last speech as Mayor of New York City where he discusses what was done to reduce NYC's high crime rate during his term from 1994 thru 2001. His speech is timely as it gives Dallas a blueprint to follow as it takes its first serious steps to combat crime.
***All statistics quoted on this website are calculated using data from official FBI website www.fbi.gov unless specified otherwise.
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DALLAS #1 AGAIN IN 2005 IN TOTAL CRIME PER CAPITA*
*CRIME IS DOWN 5.3% OVERALL IN DALLAS FOR 2005. IN THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES (POPULATION OVER ONE MILLION), CRIME IS DOWN AN AVERAGE OF 7.5% FOR THE YEAR, LEAVING DALLAS WITH THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE PER CAPITA AMONG MAJOR CITIES FOR THE EIGHTH (8TH) YEAR IN A ROW. PRELIMINARY STATS INDICATE THAT DALLAS SHOULD MAINTAIN ITS HIGH CRIME RANKING IN EACH FBI UCR CATEGORY AND QUITE POSSIBLY MOVE UP IN CATEGORIES OF ROBBERY (FROM #2 TO #1) AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (FROM #4 TO #1). RELATIVE TO OTHER CITIES......DALLAS IS GETTING WORSE - NOT BETTER- CHECK BLOG PAGE FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS
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DALLAS GIVES UP ON BURGLARS!!!
MAYOR & COUNCIL VOTE NON-RESPONSE TO COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES!!!
In Dallas, with the nation's highest burglary rate per capita among cities with population over one million for eight years in a row ---- the city's mayor and police chief have implemented a brillant idea ---- let's justquit responding to commercial burglar alarms!!! According to the Dallas Morning News ---- Dallas police will no longer respond to commercial burglar alarms until after the business owner, an employee or a private patrol has first travelled to the property and visually verified that a burglary is in progress. THIS AIN'T NO JOKE!!! The two largest cities that have implemented this "verification" policy, Salt Lake City & Las Vegas, have seen 7% to 33% increases respectively, in burglary per capita since 2001. Los Angeles adopted and then rejected verified response in 2003 citing an increase in burglaries and overall crime in cities that adopted the policy. Dallas is already the worst major city in the nation for burglary.... now it's gonna geteven worse. The city will come up with any excuse, no matter how outrageous, not to do the one thing that must be done before we can significantly reduce crime in our city ..... HIRE MORE POLICE!!! It has been nearly three years since Bolton was fired and the city has done nothing of substance to reduce crime. NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE!!! COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES, IT'S GETTING WORSE NOT BETTER!!!
A successful leader must have a vision, a plan and integrity. Judging by her actions to-date, Laura Miller comes up short on all three. CLICK HERE to read a recent Jim Schutze article from the DALLAS OBSERVER,Mayorzilla - Inside the monster battleover strong mayor
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SINCE MAYOR MILLER DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE, LET'S GIVE HER ONE. MAYOR, START DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYOR GIULIANI DID IN NEW YORK CITY TO MAKE IT THE SAFEST MAJOR CITY IN THE NATION. A GOOD START WOULD BE TO WELCOME THE GUARDIAN ANGELS INTO DALLAS.
CLICK HERE TO READ BOB WEIR'S ARTICLE "Guardian Angels in America's Murder Capital"
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SO LAURA MILLER IS "AGAINST" THE GUARDIAN ANGELS COMING TO DALLAS!!!
JUST WHAT IS SHE "FOR" WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING CRIME IN DALLAS?
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN MAYOR MILLER?
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KEEP UP WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR & NEW ADDITIONS TO THE WEBSITE.....CLICKHERE TO VISIT THE DALLASCRIME.COM BLOG PAGE
Calie Stephens was asked by the Dallas Morning News to submit his comments on what we should expect from our next police chief? CLICK HERE to read NEW LEADER SHOULD INCREASE MANPOWER which appeared in the Viewpoint section on 08/29/03.
Check out Jim Henderson's article in the Saturday, August 9, 2003 Houston Chroncile entitled ARRESTING DISCOVERY PUTS DALLAS AHEAD IN CRIMES. CLICK HERE to read Jim's article.
The final speech of Rudy Giuliani as Mayor of New York City is extremely relevant to Dallas at this time. Our city is deteriorating rapidly with the highest per capita crime rate in the nation among cities with population over one million. In the speech, Rudy addresses the actions taken by New York City that took the city from the nation's "crime capital" to the nation's "safest major city" in his two terms as Mayor from 1994 thru 2001.This dramatic reduction in crime created a "quality of life" renaissance in our nation's largest city. CLICK HERE to learn how he did it in Rudy's FAREWELL SPEECH.
Nationwide, over the last decade, overall crime has decreased over 50%. Unfortunately, Dallas and the other major Texas cities have not registered the same sharp drop in crime. CLICK HERE to review the 8 YEAR TREND - 1995 TO 2002 for total crime among the nine major cities with population over one million.
Learn HOW GIULIANI & THE NYPD SLASHED CRIME IN THE BIG APPLE. CLICK HERE to read the editorial that provides the best accounting that we've seen of what was done to make New York City the "safest city in the nation".
For those serious about understanding how New York City reduced crime in the 1990's, we highly recommend George L.Kelling's study "Do Police Matter? An Analysis of New York City's Police Reforms". Dallascrime.com strongly believes that an understanding of New York City's success will be the key to our success in reducing crime. CLICK HERE to read the report.
