Chicago Police Report A Decline In Murders For First Month Of 2010

By Anna Deem in News on Feb 6, 2010 10:00PM

With January already over, Chicago police have reported a decline in murders, robberies, criminal sex assaults, aggravated assaults, and property offenses as compared with last year. Murders fell 16 percent, sex assaults decreased by 30 percent, and aggravated assaults dropped 20 percent. Twelve of the police department's 25 districts reported no murders at all in January. In a statement, superintendent Jody Weis said he was encouraged by the numbers. [Chicago Tribune]