Ellington

C-L editorial today: "Jackson's 30 percent drop in overall crime the first quarter of this year is an encouraging sign that with persistence by the police and public the decline could turn into a trend. All but aggravated assault (up 14 percent), among major crimes, showed a decrease from the same first three months last year, Jackson Police Department figures show. Could this be a trend? Police figures show 17,144 major crimes were reported in 2003, a 3 percent drop from 2002 and the lowest since before 1988. So, if the rest of 2004 continues at this rate, it will show substantial progress."
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"Of particular note should be the 30 percent drop in auto theft. Last year, The National Insurance Crime Bureau Vehicle Theft Study branded Jackson the 14th worst city in the nation for auto thefts, the only city in the South on the list."