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Strong 2019 marks for Atchison Police

By Brian Hagen

02/04/2020

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson addresses the Atchison City Commission in this MSC News file photo/Credit: Facebook

(KAIR)--Crime was down last year in Atchison, according to the annual report issued by the Atchison Police Department.

According to a release from the City that accompanied the release of report, overall crime was down 8-percent in 2019, which is a continuation of the trend from the previous year when overall crime was down 19-percent.

The report indicates a successful clearance rate for crime, with 1,079 of the 1,271 criminal cases cleared in 2019, meaning an 85-percent clearance rate. The rate in 2018 was 78-percent.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson presented the report to the Atchison City Commission when they met Monday. “If you had other [police chiefs] from other communities, urban or rural, they would tell that’s just, not necessarily unheard of, but very, very unusual to have that high of a clearance rate,” Wilson told the Commission. “It’s because of our commitment to address every crime that comes across, and try to resolve it.”

Atchison incurred no homicides in 2019, but two shooting investigations led to arrests.

Vehicle thefts were down 33-percent from 2018, criminal damage to property was down 11-percent, and injury wrecks were down 28-percent.

According to the release, burglaries held steady, near the all-time record low rate of 2018.

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