Crime emergency affects very little�

"��According to police statistics, the city had 21 homicides last month, when Chief Ramsey declared the crime emergency, and 20 in June. ����In addition, there were 309 reports of assaults with a deadly weapon last month, compared with 311 such reports in June. Sexual assaults numbered 33 last month and 38 in June. ����Last month, Mayor Anthony A. Williams said the crime emergency's goal was to decrease crime by 50 percent in 30 days...
Police statistics show that arrests have increased 21 percent, firearm recoveries have increased 46 percent and curfew violation citations have increased 177 percent since the emergency began."
By Amy Doolittle
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 9, 2006