The Hartford Police Department reports:
Hartford Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts today released the first quarter crime statistics for the city of Hartford. Compared over the same period in 2006, Part 1 crime for 2007 year to date is down by 23.7%.
Hopefully Mayor Perez won’t try to capitalize on this to promote his campaign.
I’ve observed that there are a number of people who are convinced that Hartford is dangerous in a Wild West lawlessness way. Generally, those people do not live in Hartford. To that, I say– if you read a report of someone being robbed on Asylum Street, then you have to ask how many other people managed to walk down that same block without being robbed. The media distort reality.