Pine Bluff Burglary Rate Goes Up
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Statistics from Pine Bluff show that the
burglary rate at businesses has jumped more than 101 percent in the
first five months of 2004. Burglaries at residence have gone up 63
percent.
Sergeant Bob Rawlinson said some of the increase is because
budget crunches have put fewer officers on the street. Rawlinson
said officers can`t put special teams to watch neighborhoods during
the day like they did before. Rawlinson said shortages have forced
officers formerly assigned to specialized units to be reassigned to
patrol. He also said bike patrol has been cut over 50 percent.
Last year 69 business burglaries were reported from January
through May. This year there were 139. House burglaries increased
from 235 in 2003 to 383 this year.
