I'm not sure. I live in a sleepy small town in California's San Joaquin Valley. Our crime rate is pretty low I think, but that's just my impression and is not based on any factual knowledge. But we do have a crappy side of town where much of what does happen, happens. :) I never even knew that side of town existed until I started doing ride-alongs.
I used to live in a “sleepy little town in the Valley” after being born in Frisco. (Vallejo I think, USAF moves often)
I didn’t mean to direct that straight at you however your ride alongs etc got my attention. I was asking from a Law Enforcement aspect what you thought of our problem.
For the first time in 11 years Houston has surpassed Dallas in Murder rates. And the crime rate in NOLA has gone down. Now that NOLA is getting some of their evacuees back the citizens of NOLA are pleading with the evacuees to stay in Houston.
Houston has been trashed however I must say I forgot to mention one thing. The young lady that this article was written about is to be commended and saluted.