The Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) released updated crime statistics, revealing current trends in drug-related offenses and how they’ve shifted over the past four years. The department presented the findings to City Council on Tuesday, following a request from leaders for more detailed crime insights after an initial presentation in April.
The newest data focuses specifically on drug crimes, broken down by possession and manufacture/delivery cases.
“We look at it from two different angles,” said CCPD Deputy Chief Hollis Bower. “From possession, which is general users, and manufactured-delivery, which is generally dealers.”…