The Aerie, Yearbook of North Texas State University, 1988 Page: 94
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Area crime
rate decreases
by Sharon Flanagair.
Crime at NT and in the
city of Denton decreased
in the last year.
"We did well if you
compare NT's average of
crime to the overall na-
tional average of crime.
While the national aver-
age had gone up in the
last year, NT's average
went down," said Sgt.
Nancy Estes of the NT
Police Department.
As stated in an NT po-lice report of annual
crime statistics, there
were 469 reported thefts
and burglaries in the
1985-'86 fiscal year. The
fiscal year begins in Sep-
tember and ends in Au-
gust of the next year.
In the 1986-'87 fiscal
year, that number de-
creased to 422. This year,
the number stood at 47.
"We send our reports
to the state UCRB in Aus-
tin. The state sends its re-
ports to the FBI, and the
FBI sends the reports toSailing along - Taking a break
from the every day hustle-bus-
tle, many students enjoyed the
pleasures of area lakes.the national Uniform
Crime Reporting Bureau,"
Estes said.
According to the bu-
reau's report, there was a
4.8 percent increase in
thefts and burglaries
across the nation, while at
NT the percentage went
down from the previousyear.
Captain Bill Cummings
of the Criminal Investiga-
tion Division of the Den-
ton Police Department
said that crime decreased
overall from September
1986 to September 1987
in the city of Denton.I
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