"Effective data-based strategy, the hard work of the best police officers in the country and collaboration with our partners has resulted in historic reductions in crime," said.
Detroit ― The city recorded 252 homicides last year its lowest total since 1966 while nonfatal shootings declined for the fourth straight year, according to preliminary statistics released Monday .
“ST. LOUIS – St. Louis is no longer the nation’s murder capital,” reports Fox2. “As of Sept. 11, New Orleans, Louisiana, had the highest murder rate in the United States,