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The second UCR graph illustrated by the City Manager again gives credit to our prior <br /> leadership and only shows yearly statistics up to 2009. How is data that is over 6 years <br /> old pertinent today? Of even more concern is the use of Long Beach data comparing <br /> Anaheim and us to Long Beach. Long Beach, with a population exceeding 462,000 <br /> (according to 2010 census data) which equates to an approximate one third increase <br /> has only had 15 homicides this year as compared to our 1B YTD. Do the City Manager <br /> and Chief believe we are a city similar to Long Beach? Reference is also made to Santa <br /> Ana ranked as a safe city by Forbes Magazine in 2009. Not only is this information <br /> outdated, but also how relevant is it to compare our city to large metropolitan cities <br /> 2700 miles away? Where is the pertinent data? How do we compare to our neighboring <br /> cities? How do we fair in Orange County? In a 2016 study conducted by a local firma of <br /> the most dangerous cities in Orange County, Santa Ana ranked 1.t. We also ranked 1 s in <br /> the city least invested in its police department. <br /> MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> COUNTY RANK COUNTY RANI( COUNTY RANK <br /> POPULATION CRIME RANK STATE POLICE RANK STATE COMMUNITY RANK STATE MO-ENT MURDERS OFFICERS <br /> 12015 CHU') I1 Is Most Limo) RANKING I1 IO Loom RANKING 11 Higho:t Risk Factor]RANKING CRIME lua'1 w'- <br /> ) 11001<) <br /> Invoctmnnc) Iger 100H) <br /> Santa Ona 335,264 1 26 1 15 1 3 374 49 5 35 78 46 <br /> Anaheim 351,433 2 31 6 48 3 19 317.33 4.04 107.79 <br /> Oona Mese 113.455 3 37 5 44 5 44 282.14 0.00 10026 <br /> Fullerton 141.042 4 45 4 37 4 37 242.32 000 97.93 <br /> Garden Move 174,774 5 47 2 26 2 18 230.54 2.84 86.31 <br /> Huntlngton Gooch 198,389 6 48 7 56 7 62 49.39 0 00 103 94 <br /> Orange 140,094 7 65 8 57 8 45 100.88 0.00 105.56 <br /> Irvine 250,384 8 68 3 27 8 65 49.39 000 8231 <br /> CITIES WITH LESS THANK 100K NOT RANKED <br /> Source: www.gddlaw.cam/2016/ <br /> REFERENCE #3 <br /> In an article by Neighborhood Scout in May of 20164 it mentions Santa Ana has a crime <br /> rate considerably higher than the national average. "Based on the FBI crime data, Santa <br /> Ana is not one of the safest communities in America in 2016." <br /> In multiple articles by the Orange County Registers regarding shootings (February of <br /> 2016, 50 Days, 55 Shootings) Chief Rojas is quoted saying it's the busiest January for <br /> the department since 2011. This is substantiated by data from 2014 to 2015 when <br /> violent crime rose 29% according to the FBI and the local police. <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br />