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Officials attribute East Palo Alto's no homicides in 2023 to community-wide effort. Some residents say there's more to the picture.

Original post made on Jan 9, 2024

City leaders and community members, many of whom are behind the achievement, draw differing views over how the city achieved the widely celebrated statistic.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 10:47 AM

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Posted by gtspencer
a resident of Atherton: West of Alameda
on Jan 9, 2024 at 5:57 pm

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Again has more to do with gentrification and housing prices. EPAPD can’t function without help from the outside. They have one detective.


Posted by Menlo Lifestyle
a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle
on Jan 11, 2024 at 1:50 pm

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The police have nothing to do with it. All they do is show up after the fact and take reports. As they said in Casablanca, "And round up the usual suspects." The simple fact is that there are fewer and fewer gang members every year because those families are priced out. Gentrification works.


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