Even though we've taken a significant number of guns off the streets and made several arrests for armed robbery, when an armed robber shoots and kills a merchant we really don't have a lot of control of an incident like that.

He (officer) should have taken a report.

Anytime you have more than a dozen arrests, it is a significant operation, and the investigation is continuing.

Thanks to the citizen's tip and the surveillance of our Gang Unit, nine guns were taken off the streets Saturday night and will not be used in any further street crime. Specialized Investigations Division detectives are working diligently to investigate gang activity and are letting members know that their criminal activity will not be tolerated.

We expect dozens more arrests to occur over the next several months,

It is important to realize that girls' arrests for homicide, robbery, and rape/sexual assault have not been rising and that there is little change in the gender gap. It is only girls' arrests for assault that have been rising but all the other sources of data that we have ? based on victims' reports and youth self-reports ? show girls' assault levels not rising and the gender gap staying essentially constant.