The department started implementing the research-based plan in January.
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between UTSA and SAPD to reduce violent crime appears to be working, according to the latest review.“The first six months of 2023, compared to the first six months of 2022, violent crimes, violent street crime is down about 13 percent city wide,” UTSA Criminology and Criminal Justice Professor Michael Smith said.
But he said after seeing the research gathered by UTSA researcher and professor, Michael Smith, he was sold. The plan consists of three primary strategies. The first increased police presence in 28 hot spot areas or areas with a high rate of violent crimes. Police have been spending 15 minutes during peak-crime times, parked in these hot spots with their lights on.
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