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COPPELL GAZETTE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012
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Report shows crime down in city
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causes stress and frustration
and they take it out on somebody
else. It is hard to pinpoint ex-
actly why.”
In addition, Moore said the
theft numbers are somewhat
skewed because one person who
steals from multiple people re-
sults in a case report being filed
for each victim.
“There were employee thefts
where someone would steal from
multiple coworkers,” he said. “It
resulted in having more crime
reports, which makes the overall
number go up.”
In the other offense categories
there were no murders or
manslaughter cases in the city.
Forcible rape dropped 28.57 per-
cent, robbery decreased by 72.73
percent, burglary decreased
11.76 percent and motor vehicle
theft decreased 46.94 percent.
“Even though we had a little
spike of motor vehicle thefts at
the end of the year we are very
pleased to see that those thefts
went down 46 percent this past
year, it was phenomenal,” Moore
said.
In police activity, calls for
service, traffic contacts and acci-
dents also decreased in the past
year. According to the yearly re-
ports, there were 16,524 calls for
service, a 7.81 percent decrease.
There were 15,605 traffic con-
tacts, a 6.87 percent drop from
the year before. In addition,
there were 225 traffic accidents,
a 13.13 percent drop.
“We are very pleased to report
that there were no fatalities in
any traffic accidents,” Moore
said. “Our traffic division has
done a tremendous job in keep-
ing the streets safe.”
Moore said the city of Coppell
has received a reputation for
pulling people over at a high
rate. However, because of this
reputation, he thinks it is a di-
rect result of traffic accidents
and contacts going down over
the past year.
“People know we are out
there and people know that if
they do something wrong they
are going to get stopped,” he
said. “I think because of that we
have safer streets, because peo-
ple think twice about doing the
wrong thing out on the road,
which results in less traffic acci-
dents.”
Criminal investigations or
cases assigned increased this
year by 5.59 percent. Moore said
an increase in criminal investi-
gations is a direct result of police
officers gathering information
from a crime scene and more res-
idents reporting crimes as they
happen to give police a better
chance of catching criminals.
Lastly, there was a 9.12 per-
cent decrease in the number of
prisoners that came through
Coppell last year.
“We had a total of 937 prison-
ers last year and that was for
any type of crime or offense,” he
said. “Overall, we were very
pleased with our numbers and
we hope to build on them in the
future. We continue to ask for
assistance from the public, and
give us a call anytime something
is suspicious.”
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second annual Health and
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includes something for
everyone: free adult health
screenings provided by
Baylor Medical Center of
Irving; service learning
projects; wellness tips;
healthy meal preparation;
student works; careers in
education and health care;
a petting zoo; and the Cop-
pell Fire Department.
New this year, a lecture
series: “A New Year, A Bet-
ter You,” has been added.
The series features guest
speakers including Tracey
Yukich, the Season 8 win-
ner of The Biggest Loser
and Todd Whitthorne of
the Cooper Aerobics Cen-
ter. The “menu” of presen-
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such as: setting goals; eat-
ing healthy; planning for
college; and much more!
Tracey Yukich
The Second Annual
Health and Education
EXPO will be held at Cop-
pell High School — Com-
mons Area, 185 West
Parkway Blvd./Coppell,
TX 75019 on Saturday,
Feb. 4, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Admission is FREE. Atten-
dees are encouraged to
bring one canned food item
per person to help restock
the CHS food pantry.
O 'Grady suspends campaign
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Collin County, when I ini-
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of 2001 to attend Dallas
Theological Seminary,” he
said. “I became very ac-
tively involved in George
W. Bush’s re-election cam-
paign as a veteran surro-
gate, and since then I have
been a state delegate to two
GOP conventions from
Collin County, and I have
also supported many candi-
dates that are running for
office in Collin County at a
local, county, state and fed-
eral level.”
With his campaign’s
suspension, two candidates
are still actively seeking
the seat — Republican Ken
Paxton and Democrat Jack
Ternan. It is possible addi-
tional candidates could file
to run and that O’Grady
could officially withdraw
from the race and seek an-
other seat when the filing
period reopens once redis-
tricting maps are officially
approved.
Calls to O’Grady’s home
phone and cellphone seek-
ing further comment on his
decision to suspend is cam-
paign and any future polit-
ical plans he might have
were not returned.
Staff writer Elizabeth
Knighten contributed to
this report.
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