Crime Down 12 Percent in Zone 2
Buckhead zone leads city by large margin, APD officials say
Buckhead's Zone 2 leads the city with a 12 percent drop in crime so far this year, APD officials said this week. Assistant Zone Commander Capt. Tim Ewing told the NPU-B that Zone 2 "leads all zones by a least 9 percent" in the decline in "Part 1" crimes, which include major offenses such as murder, rape, larceny and burglary. Before the NPU meeting, Zone 2 Commander Maj. Robert Browning shook his head over the low number of crimes, joking that even a handful of future incidents could register as a big jump. Browning left before the meeting to talk to other Buckhead NPUs. Ewing told NPU-B that the city has a 3 percent drop in crime overall. "We are 460 something crimes down for the year, which is a lot," Ewing said. The zone's decline in …
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