In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
If crime is going down, you shouldn't be increasing resources for crime prevention. Or you should be taking note of what has worked and concentrate the crime-prevention methods on policies that have a track record of success.
There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you're away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever.
The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.
Crime is stupid, lazy and weak. You can only exploit it and make money out of it.
The business of popularizing crime is how we expose the faults in our justice system. It's how we expose police misconduct.
Police reform is working, and crime is falling.