More people means there is more of an opportunity for crime,

If we could get an increase in officers to get back to that, over time the crime rate would start to drop, ... We've become a more reactive police department.

We have occasional hot spots, but that does not constitute a trend, ... The crime rate would be good for a week or two, then gone.

Although they might not be able to reduce community rates of violent crime, it's possible they can affect household level risk factors for gun suicide, accidents and homicide,

We'll see what kind of victim it was, if it was a crime of opportunity or if someone who went out to lure a child.

He turned to crime, and we had an opportunity to stop it. He was robbing banks with a gun. He could have easily hurt anyone — a bank teller, a policeman. He could have been hurt as well.