"Ho! Ho! Ho! And What Do You Want For Christmas, Little Los Angeles?" "Fewer Homicides."
Murders are down almost by 150, to around 500 in 2003, reports the L.A. Times.
The paper credits new Police Chief William J. Bratton, who has seen more arrests and less violent crime under his watch.
Sez the paper: The gains during Bratton's first year as chief have been concentrated in some parts of the city where crime was worst — South Los Angeles neighborhoods where homicides fell by as much as 50%, LAPD data show.
The decline in Los Angeles homicides contrasts with the trend in other cities. Nationwide, homicides in cities with more than 1 million population were up 6% as of midyear, according to FBI statistics released last week. The number of homicides was growing slightly in New York and falling 6% in Chicago.
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