{"id":1161556,"date":"2021-12-27T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161556"},"modified":"2021-12-27T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:19:39","slug":"crime-increased-3-percent-in-democrat-led-washington-dc-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crime-increased-3-percent-in-democrat-led-washington-dc-since-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Increased 3 Percent in Democrat-Led Washington DC Since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrime-increased-3-percent-in-democrat-led-washington-dc-since-2020%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161556&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Crime in Democrat-led Washington, DC, increased three percent overall compared to the same time last year, according to statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/page\/district-crime-data-glance\">collected<\/a> by the&nbsp;Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).<\/p>\n<p>The year-to-date crime comparison from the MPD, not including unrest-related burglaries, showed that overall crime had risen three percent since last year, as of the latest update at 12:00 a.m. on&nbsp;December 27. The data showed there were 28,044&nbsp;crimes reported, compared to 27,323 at the same time last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cProperty Crime\u201d&nbsp;rose&nbsp;three percent (23,992 total) since last year in the year-to-date comparison.<\/p>\n<p>The data showed the most significant percentage increase in \u201cProperty Crime\u201d is&nbsp;\u201cTheft from Auto,\u201d which has risen five percent (8,577 total) in the year-to-date comparison, and \u201cMotor Vehicle Theft,\u201d&nbsp;which has grown eight percent (3,475 total) in the year-to-date comparison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent Crime\u201d rose three percent (4,052 total) since last year in the year-to-date comparison.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19227026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21081617233529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19227026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21081617233529.jpg\" alt=\"Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the District of Columbia statehood bill, Monday, March 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Carlos Barria\/Pool via AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday, March 22, 2021. (Carlos Barria\/Pool via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The data showed the most significant percentage increase in \u201cViolent Crime\u201d is \u201cAssault w a Dangerous Weapon,\u201d which has risen three percent (1,657 total)&nbsp;in the year-to-date comparison, and \u201cHomicide,\u201d which has risen 14 percent (224 total)&nbsp;in the year-to-date comparison.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of George Floyd&nbsp;while in police custody, and in the wake of the&nbsp;defund police movement, city councils and mayors, such as Washington, DC, gave in to the left \u2014 mostly while the riots were happening across the county \u2014 and took much-needed funding away from the police department.<\/p>\n<p>Last year,&nbsp;Washington, DC\u2019s city council <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtoncitypaper.com\/article\/519862\/what-happened-to-defunding-the-police\/\">rejected<\/a> Mayor Muriel Bowser\u2019s proposal&nbsp;to&nbsp;increase funding and instead cut the budget for fiscal year 2021 by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/20\/07\/10\/protesters-called-on-the-d-c-council-to-defund-the-police-did-that-actually-happen\/\">$32 million<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;redirected $9.6 million from police to violence interruption programs. The proposed&nbsp;budget for 2022&nbsp;would have cut the funding again by <a href=\"https:\/\/cfo.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/ocfo\/publication\/attachments\/fa_mpd_chapter_2022m_0.pdf\">roughly<\/a> six percent and increased the&nbsp;Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, the city\u2019s leading \u201cviolence interruption agency,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cfo.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/ocfo\/publication\/attachments\/ns_onse_chapter_2022m.pdf\">by<\/a> 172 percent.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the proposed&nbsp;budget for 2022 was submitted, Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/jul\/28\/muriel-bowser-dc-mayor-says-put-11m-back-hire-more\/\">requested<\/a> an&nbsp;additional $11 million for the budget to&nbsp;fund the hiring of more&nbsp;police officers since the hiring&nbsp;\u201cground to a halt.\u201d Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/jul\/28\/muriel-bowser-dc-mayor-says-put-11m-back-hire-more\/\">said<\/a> in July during a public safety briefing, \u201cLast year, unfortunately, we saw a $15 million reduction in [the police] budget and because of that reduction we have not been able to keep the hiring pipeline in full effect.\u201d&nbsp;After some debate, the&nbsp;council&nbsp;unanimously passed the overall budget and split the $11 million between hiring D.C. police ($5 million) and the&nbsp;violence prevention programs ($6 million).<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime in Democrat-led Washington, DC, increased three percent overall compared to the same time last year, according to statistics collected by the\u00a0Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). 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