IT APPEARS SANTA FE CONTINUES TO WIN IT'S WAR ON PROPERTY CRIME. CELINA ESPINOZA WITH THE SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES ARE DOWN 53 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SHE SAYS 100 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY CRIMES IN THE CITY ARE DRUG-RELATED. AS SUCH, THE CITY'S STAND-ALONE NARCOTICS UNIT IS TARGETING REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO STEAL TO GET DRUG MONEY.
AUTO BURGLARIES WERE ALSO DOWN, FROM 57 INCIDENTS IN OCTOBER OF 2013 TO 28 THIS PAST OCTOBER.
