It poses a dilemma for us because more and more property crimes are occurring. We are making arrests, but people going to the Department of Corrections are not staying very long. Those people are coming back into the community quicker.

Gary Spear

Related Quotes

I'm excited that so many people want us to do better than we've done before, ... This stadium is going to be very light and modern and different.

— Joseph Spear

Our overall crime rate would have changed dramatically, if you take out those additional vehicle burglaries.

Vehicle burglary clearly was the category driving the overall property crime increase.

I was pleased that our violent crime rate was down a little, overall. Our domestic battery, aggravated battery and sexual assaults ... were generally down, but robbery was up fairly significantly.

Do not leave your portable CD players, your purses or your wallets on the front seats of your cars. That's an open invitation. These burglars are just looking for opportunities.