With rising public concern about street crime, the City of Tucson says it’s rising to the challenge with a safe city initiative. The city says it has worked hard to curtail crime but it’s doing more, and calling on other governments to help.
Street crime has continued to be a stubborn problem for the City of Tucson. Now the city says it’s going into a deeper, more coordinated effort to deliver better mental health and homelessness services and also use arrest as leverage to get people to get help.
A murder of a cyclist on the Loop and violence in the transit system have brought fresh attention to street crime but the City of Tucson says it’s been working hard to fight crimes for many years…