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Mayor's Statement on Violent Crime Reduction Plan

A Statement From Mayor Victoria Woodards on Tacoma Police Department's Mid-Year Analysis of Violent Crime Reduction Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 16, 2023

 

MEDIA CONTACTS

Bucoda Warren, Office of Mayor Victoria Woodards, bucoda.warren@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 318-0594
Maria Lee, Media & Communications,
maria.lee@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-2054


A Statement From Mayor Victoria Woodards on Tacoma Police Department's
Mid-Year Analysis of Violent Crime Reduction Plan


“We have made historic investments in community safety. Although we have much work ahead of us, we continue to see crime trending down overall. Although we are at 15 homicides so far in 2023 – which is still deeply troubling – we see that violent crime has dropped by 18.1 percent this year over last. Property crime has dropped 25 percent this year over last. We are working with our community to address the issue of community safety collaboratively and holistically. As we all know, community safety is not exclusively a police issue. It takes all of us working together. The development of our Community Safety Strategy will be guided by the voices and perspectives of all community members. Outreach and engagement efforts will start in earnest in the coming months, and our goal is to have a Community Safety Strategy in place by the end of the year.”

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For more information about the Violent Crime Reduction Plan, and to see the Tacoma Police Department's presentation from May 16, please visit cityoftacoma.org/crimereduction.



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