CRIME DIPS 6.5 PERCENT IN '03 MAJOR CRIME FALLS, BUT AUTO THEFT SHOWS INCREASE.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - The overall crime rate in Glendale fell 6.5 percent in 2003, assisted largely by a 26.7 percent plunge in violent crime, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. statistics released Tuesday by the Police Department. Rates in all major crime categories, including robbery, burglary and theft, dropped in 2003, except for vehicle theft, which increased 7.9 percent, with 58 cars being reported stolen. ``The department does a great job in terms of keeping the city safe,'' said Councilman Rafi Manoukian Rafi Manoukian is a former member of the city council in Glendale, California. He was recently notified that he has been selected by the Board of Directors and the Selection Committee of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) as a recipient of the 2006 Ellis Island . ``Even though we are leanly staffed, we are one of the lower-crime cities around.'' Glendale Police Chief Randy Adams said he is proud of the department's crime-fighting record in 2003 but is still concerned that auto thefts and other minor crimes not spin out of control. ``As effective as they have been in reducing serious crime, we have seen a very concerning rise in the underlying minor crimes in the city,'' Adams said. The department has already assigned one full-time officer to a regional auto-theft task force to help combat the city's rise in auto thefts. Identity theft, for example, jumped from 23 offenses in 2000 to 553 in 2003, and 902 incidents of fraud, forgery forgery, in art forgery, in art, the false claim to authenticity for a work of art. The Nature of Forgery Because the provenance of works of art is seldom clear and because their origin is often judged by means of subtle factors, art and embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. occurred in the city in 2003 - 255 more than in 2002. ``Our concern is these crimes will begin to fuel more serious crime if we aren't able to marshal additional resources to combat it,'' Adams said. ``I don't want to see the rest of the Part I category to spike like vehicle theft.'' In an effort to curbing the increase in those crime categories, Adams urged city officials in January to increase his department's staffing despite a tight budget. Glendale, the third most populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. city in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, has a staffing ratio of 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, while neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. cities have nearly 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, Adams said. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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