Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore presented the first progress report from his Crime Reduction Plan at Tacoma’s City Council study session on Tuesday. After three months, Moore said crime is down. Moore’s plan initially focused on making police highly visible, and allocating resources to areas identified as hot spots for criminal activity. Between July 6 and Oct. 5, 2022, 16 addresses were identified as crime hot spots. According to data from the past three months, violent crime, such as robberies and aggravated assaults, in those areas decreased 37% compared to the previous three months, and 12% compared to the same time period last year. University of Texas at San Antonio Criminology Professor Michael Smith, who helped Moore put his plan together and monitor its progress, said the city overall has benefited from the approach. “Crime fell in every sector of the city at the treated addresses,” Smith reported. “It fell in all the catchment areas, and it fell in all other areas of the sectors across the board.” READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/crime-down-citywide-tacoma-police-chief/281-957233d5-de82-47bb-ad39-4c6338300f5b