For NE SF Valley, Aggravated Assaults are down YTD 21%. Weapons arrests are up. #LAPD 
Aggravated Assaults in the Mission Area of LAPD are down 21%, which means 73 fewer victims than last year.
This year has seen 19 persons shot in gun incidents, compared to 37 last year, a nearly 50% reduction.
While one might expect weapons-related arrests to drop as AGG assaults drop, officers have actually made more gun arrests this year: 130 weapons arrests this year, compared to 96 last year. Perhaps that's an explanation for the reduction in assaults. Certainly, every weapon seized is represents at least one potential assault not completed.
In the meantime, property crimes, especially those related to cars, are up fo the year. Lock your cars; remove all objects from the passenger compartment. Do that, and crooks will look in other cars.
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Lt. Paul Vernon
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