homicide

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Arevalo said the one month state of emergency delivered "resounding" results, including a 50 percent drop in homicides and a 33 percent fall in extortion compared with the same period last year.

From Barron's

Sir Sadiq promised that he and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley would reduce the number of phone thefts, in the same way the Met had reduced homicide rates.

From BBC

Police initially sought charges of aggravated murder but later downgraded them to negligent homicide.

From Barron's

“Why, if there was an active warrant and he was in L.A., wasn’t he arrested? This is a person accused of a high-profile homicide that garnered attention.”

From Los Angeles Times

Bass has been running on her record, touting a major drop in homicides and reductions in street homelessness since she took office in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times