According to Police Chief Barry Rountree:
Violent crimes — which include rape, robbery and aggravated assault — are down 25.9 percent overall from the same period in 2014. Reports of aggravated assaults decreased to eight in 2015 from 17 during the same period the previous year, and reports of rape remain unchanged from the year before at three.
However, the number of robberies increased from six to nine, according to the report.
“We did have an increase in robbery and burglary, but overall crime is down,” Rountree said. “I don’t have a specific answer as to why there are increases in these two categories. I can say we are working to reduce these two areas also.”
Meanwhile the Greensboro Police Department released its 2014 Professional Standards Report. Lots of numbers, but best I can tell based on the N&R write-up, the cops blew the whistle on themselves more than the public.
