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“Police service aides” will take reports, collect evidence and tend to paperwork for property crimes, freeing officers to respond to higher-priority calls.

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Cities with a population of more than 1 million saw the greatest increase in both violent crimes and property crimes for the first six months of 2016.

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After several years of steadily declining, violent crimes for the first six months of 2015 rose by 1.7 percent, while property crimes continue to decrease.

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Crime data from the first half if 2014 gathered from over 11,000 law enforcement agencies indicates a continuing trend of decreasing overall crime rates.

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A recent report shows that violent crime rates are up for the second year in a row, possibly indicating that the nearly two-decade long drop in crime has come to an end. But equally disturbing is how many of those crimes – more than half - go unreported.

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The FBI published a study this week detailing statistics of crime that occurred across the country last year. The study revealed that Chicago is now the nation’s murder capital, bumping New York City down to second.

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