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Article: Dallas burglary rate in: is verified response to blame?
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- Security Distributing & Marketing
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- June 1, 2006
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Dallas commercial burglaries for March 2006 have increased 17.9 percent compared with March 2005, according to city statistics. "In the first month of verified response for business burglar alarms in Dallas, a key statistic shows the failure of the policy," voiced the North Texas Alarm Association (NTAA) in a statement.
"A proposal that was supposed to help police fight more crime has instead led to a predictable increase in crime. This is why fewer than 30 of the nation's approximate 18,000 police departments utilize verified response," continued Chris Russell, president of the NTAA.
The rise in business burglaries comes one month after the Dallas ...