Suisun City sees drop in major crimes

Suisun City sees drop in major crimes
Published By The Reporter
Posted: 07/22/2009

Major crimes in Suisun City dropped by 20 percent during the first half of 2009 as compared to the same period last year, officials announced this week.

According to the department's statistics, violent crimes - described as homicide, rape, robbery, assault and arson - fell by 10.6 percent. The biggest drops involved simple assaults, by 12 instances, and robberies, by seven cases.

Property crimes - defined as burglary, theft and auto theft - decreased by 28.4 percent, officials said.

Vehicle theft decreased by 14 cases, theft by 80 and burglary by 36.

Proactive police staff and a successful beat patrol system are responsible for the overall decline, Police Chief Ed Dadisho said in a prepared statement.

"The reduction of crime in Suisun City is a direct result of our proactive patrol philosophy of zero tolerance to crime and gangs, the community's involvement in identifying problems, our aggressive investigative approach, and our efforts in enforcing code violations through our Code Enforcement Unit," Dadisho said.

The beat system, he added, has decreased emergency response time and criminal activity and also increased community partnerships by bolstering the Neighborhood Watch Program.