Norcross Police Chief: 2012 Crime Stats Are 'New Normal'
In the Norcross City Council annual retreat Monday, Police Chief Warren Summers said reported crime increased last year due to the annexation of the eastern side of Buford Highway.
Reported crime in the city of Norcross has significantly increased since the beginning of 2012, but police believe it's because of the area on the eastern side of Buford Highway, which was annexed early last year. In an assessment of the Norcross Police Department, Chief Warren Summers presented this overview of the department before the Norcross City Council during the annual retreat Monday. "2012 is going to have to be our 'new normal' in Norcross, if you will, because we really can't take the statistics from 2012 and compare them to 2011 because we annexed the land mass of quite a few people," he said, adding that the city gained about 5,000 new citizens. On the contrary, after subtracting the newer part of Norcross, reported incidents …
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Neva Spell
2:19 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
AND I QUOTE FROM THE ABOVE ARTICLE: 'Norcross PD also will keep utilizing Iron Sky, the citywide surveillance camera system, and the license plate reader system.' PLEASE, LETS NOT BE STUPID . . . A CAMERA SYSTEM HELPS SOLVE CRIME AND, IF YOU'RE NOT BREAKING THE LAW, THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF. . . I FEEL BETTER, HAVING THE CAMERAS, IN PLACE.:-} CHEERS more ›