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Report: big drop in East Palo Alto crime

Original post made on Dec 19, 2010

East Palo Alto -- once regarded as the murder capital of the country -- has seen a 56 percent decrease in violent crime since 1986, according to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.

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Posted by Marty
a resident of Belle Haven Elementary
on Dec 19, 2010 at 3:52 pm

What caused the decline? Was there a shift in demographics? If the report is to be complete, it needs some explanation for the improvement.

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