Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Go tell it on the (tourism) mountain: Crime drops in Laredo according to LPD


Yes, yes I know crime's down but keep that money coming!

 With good news for the City of Laredo sometimes coming as seldom as a cold day in May, I'm sure Mayor Salinas will be out in force (can 1 person be out in force?) proclaiming the latest statistics showing that crime in the Gateway City is down. The amount of good PR that can be harnessed from this cannot be overlooked. After all, you don't waste water during a drought do you? Oh, I forgot about the fracking industry. In any event, I'm sure the Mayor and the LCVB are working on how they'll incorporate this welcomed news into their talking points and are probably getting that memo out to everyone at this very moment. What's that? Someone stole the copier??

From the Laredo Morning Times


While the crime rate in many cities across the nation went up last year, Laredo’s didn’t follow suit, with crime in some categories going down. That’s according to the Laredo Police Department’s 2010 annual report, released Tuesday.

Detailing statistics back to 2008, the comprehensive report provides information showing a decrease in auto thefts, crimes against property cases, murders, robberies, juvenile arrests and thefts.The report lists increases in burglaries and cases assigned to the special investigations unit. Steady numbers were reported for aggravated assaults, rape and cases assigned to the narcotics and vice division.

In May 2010, a report issued by the National Insurance Crime Bureau listed Laredo as the No. 1 auto theft hot spot in the nation, surpassing Modesto, Calif., which had held the distinction. In all, 328 cars were recovered and 107 criminal arrests were made in connection with auto thefts in 2010.

Working to dispel the auto theft title, Investigator Jose E. Baeza, Laredo Police Department spokesperson, said the department is doing more with what it has by initiating targeted operations and increasing visibility at international bridges. The report lists an almost 40 percent decrease in the number of stolen vehicles, from 1,482 in 2009 to 951 in 2010. “Since we’re always being showcased because of auto theft, given our proximity to the border, this is pretty big,” Baeza said, adding that LPD saw two major auto theft rings taken down last year. "We did not add more staff,” he said.

12 comments:

  1. I wonder if commenting on blogs is considered vandalism? If so, we are the safest city in the world!

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  2. Yes, BOLAS says so. I'm on a comment-free post streak.

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  3. But you get your stats, no? I don't get a lot of comments but I do get plenty of views.

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  4. La Sanbe gets more comments than a pinata gets "palazos".........AND views.

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  5. He sure does but we have blogs with different purposes. He & you use Adsense so clicks will help you out more. I am on 3 collectives so for me, my site views get me more opportunities. That is why I watch my stat sheet more than you guys might. Same thing with Laredo Buzz but his analytics report lets him prove to his advertisers that he has the traffic for them to pay him for ads. Different things matter for different bloggers and for different reasons.

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  6. I forget I even had ad sense. OK, let me re-phrase it, THEY forgot I had ad-sense. No bucks rolling in. Cents, YES.

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  7. Hijole. Ads, stats, views, adsense, etc.

    You two are too much for the p-hyphen-ons like us at BTB.

    *Wayne's World "I'm Not Worthy" chant*

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  8. Henry, does this suit make me look big?

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  9. It's not as if I know what I'm talking about, I just happen to have bought "BOLAS for Dummies" and I'm just getting my $10 bucks worth.

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  10. Hey, 10 comments. Is that a record for Laredotejas, Laredo's Most Prolific Blog?

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  11. Yes, I'm pretty sure but considering about half of them are mine- I'll have to check with Quien-es?, the barrios version of Guiness: as in Quien es el que tiene menos comments according to BOLAS?

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  12. Here is one more comment for you. Why is it that I get the feeling I will never get invited to BOLAS meetings?? Hahaha - that will be $1 per comment :)

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