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    Gang homicides down, LAPD says

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... ?track=rss

    Nearly six months into the LAPD's crackdown on gang violence, the number of gang-related homicides in Los Angeles dropped 32%, mirroring an overall decline in violent crime across the city, according to police figures released today.

    The Los Angeles Police Department recorded 79 gang-related killings as of last week, compared to 117 during the same period last year. The plunge in gang killings fueled a 24% drop in overall homicides, the statistics showed.

    Officials today hailed the numbers as a sign that an offensive against gangs, launched in January by the LAPD, FBI and other law enforcement agencies, is having an effect. The crackdown was a response to a 15% increase in gang-related crimes in 2006.

    In response, the LAPD shifted more police officers into neighborhoods with large concentrations of gang members, aimed at targeting 11 gangs they considered the worst. The FBI and L.A. city attorney's office have also targeted several gangs that have been accused of racially motivated violence.

    "Violence is on a decline, a significant decline," said LAPD Chief William J. Bratton, adding that some of the biggest drops in homicides occurred in South Los Angeles.
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    I've been hearing this garbage all day on the radio. If memory serves correct they said the same thing last year. But after some investigation, the crime rate really hadn't gone down. What actually happened was, they just reclassified what was previously "violent" crime, etc.


    "24% drop in overall homicides..."
    Sounds like fantasy land.

    79 gang-related killings as of last week
    Does this count the non gang members that are killed as a result of drive by shottings?

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