Serious assaults drop 52% after police target downtown

Halifax Regional Police claim victory in their campaign to clean up the city's downtown core. They worked for a year (and counting) to reduce violence in the district claiming that serious assaults are down 52 per cent. The officers patrolling downtown wear bright orange traffic vests and interact with patrons in an effort to be more visible.

On average, there used to be 68 serious assaults per year. In 2012, there were 32. The foot patrols will continue in an effort to continue the downward trend in violent crimes.

This relates to Law 12 because we were just comparing crime rates last class :)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/06/05/ns-halifax-assaults-decline-night.html