CRIME SPURS WORRY IN CITY.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Alarmed by a sharp rise in crime last year, city officials will hold a meeting Wednesday Wednesday: see week. to review programs and options to improve public safety. The meeting, labeled as a public safety summit, was requested by Councilman Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a Loa in response to statistics showing a 25 percent increase in serious crimes between 2002 and 2003. ``It's a good idea,'' Mayor Jim Ledford said. ``I'm looking forward to hearing what the public has to say.'' Loa requested the city's public safety division and the Sheriff's Department put together a presentation on the increase in crime, what measures are being taken to address that increase, and report on the status of street gang crime. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at council chambers, 38300 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , Suite B. The presentation is expected to include information on response times, the Partners Against Crime program, grant funding received by the City, sheriff station staffing levels and the operations of special crime units. Crime jumped 25 percent in Palmdale in 2002, compared to 2001. Overall, serious crime increased from 4,355 incidents in 2001 to 5,455 in 2002 in Palmdale. The big increases were in robberies, up 38 percent; auto thefts, 28 percent; and other thefts, 30 percent. Homicides were down from eight in 2001 to seven in 2002. Lancaster crimes went up about 8 percent, from 4,801 in 2001 to 5,186 in 2002 Statewide, serious crime increased 3.8 percent in 2002 from 2001 levels, 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. a state report. |
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