Cape Girardeau City Council discusses violent crime, upcoming events and deer ordinance
CGPD reports fewer violent crimes in 2020
By Jessica Ladd | March 15, 2021 at 7:13 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 11:14 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Cape Girardeau City Council held a meeting on March 15.
Cape Girardeau Police Chief Wes Blair presented the 2020 violent crime statistics to the council.
Despite national trends showing crime on the increase during the pandemic year of 2020, Cape saw fewer violent crimes, fewer traffic accidents, and calls for service were also down.
The number of murders in Cape dropped by 50 percent year to year.
Only three were reported in 2020.