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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

2020: 43 crimes against persons handled by Shannon Hills law enforcement

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Shannon Hills law enforcement officers grappled with 43 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, aggravated assault was the most popular crime handled by the Shannon Hills office.

Officers in Shannon Hills were involved in 249 incidents throughout the year.

The NIBRS was designed to provide detail and context around crime stats. Under the previous system, only the most serious crime related to an incident would be logged. If an incident involved a homicide as well as aggravated assault and theft, only a homicide would be recorded in criminal statistics.

It is used by law enforcement at all levels, from local to federal.

Crimes against persons offenses in Shannon Hills in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults18
Simple assaults18
Intimidations4
Kidnappings and abductions1
Rapes2

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