(Source: City of Charlotte, NC) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 9, 2015 Contact: Nicole Ramsey, Corporate Communications & Marketing City of Charlotte 704-336-4287 (office), 980-254-4636 (cell) During tonight's dinner briefing, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) Police Chief Kerr Putney presented the current state of public safety and the department's strategy to fight crime. Additional resources have had a dramatic impact on crime rates. Three-year averages show reductions of 30 percent in crime rates during 2009-2011 and less of an impact on crime rate in the current three-year period. During the past five years, there has been no increase in staffing, but...
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