God forbid the local DAs in New York City kept their attention focused on local crime issues.
Some 535 people were murdered last year, according to local crime statistics, up from 433 in 2011.
Perhaps when your local crime maps appears you'll go online and have a nose at your local crime rate.
The site is adding a dedicated Crime and Safety section for people to post about local crime and other concerns.
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Wiltshire Police said it did not want to comment but confirmed Sgt Andrews was working at Melksham police station in the local crime team.
The solution is not to divert local prosecution from local crime.
Ipsos Mori, the polling agency, says that concern about local crime has steadily fallen while there has been also been growing confidence in the police.
"Protection money having to be paid by shopkeepers or manufacturing firms to the local crime organisation has a discouraging effect on entrepreneurship and job creation, " he explains.
Spokesmen for the small and electorally weak parties linked to Protestant paramilitaries say publicly that they wish their communities would take complaints about local crime to the police, instead of demanding paramilitary action.
The report also calls for neighbourhood police officers to be replaced by local crime prevention officers who, in monthly meetings with police commanders, would be "held to account personally for crime levels in their area".
Whether these maps will have sufficient caveats explaining why they may not show the real picture of local crime, and whether busy online visitors will have the time to really get to grips with statistics, remains to be seen.
The president has promised to ensure greater cooperation between local and national crime prevention efforts.
It relies on greater local autonomy in crime fighting but with hardly any new resources on offer.
Voters focused on local concerns: crime, administrative efficiency, social welfare and the performance of officials in office.
We have to make people see what the local experience of crime really is - that's the first thing.
It is a fortress of the local organised-crime group, the 'Ndrangheta.
On 15 November, the public in England and Wales will be able to elect their local Police and Crime Commissioner, a new position to set policing priorities in each force area.
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Labour MP David Hanson has a ten minute rule bill requiring candidates in elections who stand as independents to declare if they are members of political parties - his Local Police and Crime Commissioner is Winston Roddick, a Liberal Democrat member who ran as an independent (although there was no particular secret about his party involvement).
Confidence in how the police are doing their job has been rising in recent years - the latest official figures suggest 62% of people agree with the statement "police and local councils are dealing with the crime issues that matter in the local area", up from 57%.
Jim Whinnery, the under-sheriff, says that gas workers are responsible for less crime than local rumour would suggest.
But the site has classifieds that could generate revenue, as well as local event listings and crime and safety postings that could be monetized.
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Even without public testimony from the victims' relatives, it should be possible to eliminate cases in which there is credible evidence that ordinary crime or local feuds were to blame.
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Mr Salmon told Good Morning Wales that police and crime commissioners were elected last year "precisely to bring a greater accountability and greater focus to the fight against crime to local people".
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Peers want instead a Police Commission, made up of a police and crime panel (appointed by local authorities) and a Police Commissioner (appointed by the police and crime panel from amongst its own members).
"It's crucial for the local community and to fight crime that they keep a base on the estate, " he said.
It is personal experience that matters most in assessing crime at the local level, where fear of it has fallen most.
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While wandering through an attractive neighbourhood, you might ask your mobile device about apartments for rent nearby, the crime rate, local amenities, and so on.
Though Aznar insisted the elections were solely about local issues, such as crime and housing, the campaign focused largely on the prime minister, who appeared at dozens of campaign rallies to defend his stance on the war.
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