Less Police Officers in Wisconsin's Biggest Cities, Violent Crime Increases
Friday, December 13th, 2019 -- 12:57 PM
(AP) -The number of police officers in Wisconsin’s largest cities declined over the past decade, while the violent crime rate went up, a report released Friday by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum showed.The data runs contrary to national trends. While the number of officers in major cities has dropped at the same 3% rate as Wisconsin, violent crime in all U.S. cities also went down by double digits between 2008 and 2017, the report said. Violent crime rates dropped in all U.S. cities dropped by 14.4%, while they went up 24% in Wisconsin’s 10 largest cities.
The Policy Forum stressed it was not suggesting a link between the drop in officers and the increase in violent crime. And while violent crime in Wisconsin’s largest cities went up over the last decade, the rate of all crime in the 10 cities dropped more than 28%.
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