IT’S NEWS WE WANT TO HEAR IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE CITY’S CRIME RATE IS DROPPING … AND THIS IS A FIRST IN EIGHT YEARS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS STATISTICS FROM THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SHOW THERE WERE 4-THOUSAND CRIMES REPORTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WITH THE NUMBER DROPPING TO 3-THOUSAND IN JULY OF THIS YEAR.
BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAUL TORRES SAYS THE DROP IN CRIME IS DUE TO THE FOCUS NOW BEING ON PROSECUTIONS AND DEFENDANTS WITH LONG CRIMINAL HISTORIES.
