FXP News: A Month Without Murder in Newark for First Time in 44 years
In a city known for it’s crime, March marks the first murder-free month in Newark, New Jersey since 1966.
Mayor Cory Booker says:
“We have made major strides in reducing crime in Newark and providing our residents with a safer, stronger, and prouder community. This has been the result of new alliances, 21st-century technology, innovative approaches to protecting our city, groundbreaking efforts to prevent recidivism, the support of our residents, and the courage and valor manifested by Newark’s police officers.”
According to the Associated Press:
Overall, Newark’s crime rate has dropped 13 percent compared to the first-quarter of 2009, with shootings, aggravated assaults, robberies and carjackings all lower than a year ago, police said.
In 2008, the city went 43 days in March and April without a homicide, the longest span since 1961.
In a city known for it’s crime, March marks the first murder-free month in Newark, New Jersey since 1966.
Mayor Cory Booker says:
“We have made major strides in reducing crime in Newark and providing our residents with a safer, stronger, and prouder community. This has been the result of new alliances, 21st-century technology, innovative approaches to protecting our city, groundbreaking efforts to prevent recidivism, the support of our residents, and the courage and valor manifested by Newark’s police officers.”
According to the Associated Press:
Law enforcement officials in Newark, N.J., say March was the city’s first month without a killing in more than 40 years.
Police Director Garry McCarthy said this week that the last time the city went through a calendar month without a murder was in May 1966.
McCarthy attributes the decreases to progress by police in combatting the narcotics trade.
The reprieve comes as welcome news in a city that has become a symbol of urban crime and blight since it was rocked by riots in the late 1960s.
McCarthy told The New Jersey Star Ledger that the arrest of 149 suspected drug dealers at the Garden Spires apartments during a six-month undercover operation may have helped stifle the homicide rate by preventing narcotics disputes that often turn deadly.Police Director Garry McCarthy said this week that the last time the city went through a calendar month without a murder was in May 1966.
McCarthy attributes the decreases to progress by police in combatting the narcotics trade.
The reprieve comes as welcome news in a city that has become a symbol of urban crime and blight since it was rocked by riots in the late 1960s.
Overall, Newark’s crime rate has dropped 13 percent compared to the first-quarter of 2009, with shootings, aggravated assaults, robberies and carjackings all lower than a year ago, police said.
In 2008, the city went 43 days in March and April without a homicide, the longest span since 1961.
