LOREN BENOIT/Press file
Fellow Coeur d’Alene Police Department officers show their support as Officer Charles Hatley is escorted from Kootenai Health on March 2, 2018. Hatley was shot in the line of duty a year ago.
February 27, 2019
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Tremendous partnership bites into crime rate
When I was in the process of being selected for police chief in 2014, I was surprised to learn that Coeur d’Alene had the highest violent crime rate and Part 1 (UCR) crime rate in the state of Idaho. For those of you who are not crime-stat nerds like me, the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is a national standard used to categorize crime and is largely regarded as a key societal indicator of community safety. Part 1 (UCR) crime is comprised of the crimes of homicide, aggravated assault, arson, auto burglary, residential burglary, commercial burglary, rape, robbery, theft and vehicle theft.