MIAMI – Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has some fantastic news to begin the 12 months, 2023 was a traditionally harmless 12 months in the city.
“Miami commenced recording homicides in 1947. If you were being to do a general public information request for all of our homicides, the initially calendar year would be 1947. And in that 12 months, we had 32 homicides. Currently, I can report that in 2023, we finished the year with 31 homicides. Now certainly that is 31 as well lots of, we would love to have a yr exactly where we close with zero. And that will often be the objective,” he said Wednesday when saying very last year’s homicide charge.
The mayor claimed 2023 was very quite possibly the cheapest calendar year for murders in recorded background.
“This is contrasted with what numerous of you keep in mind in the 1980s, where I think in the calendar year 1980, we had in excess of 200 homicides, I consider we had about 220 in 1980, which means that for just about every a few times, there was a homicide in two out of people a few times. If you want to just look at it to very last yr, which is a good basis for comparison, we observed a 38% reduction 12 months in excess of year so we lowered our homicides by 38%. From final yr, in which we had 52 this 12 months where we had 31,” he stated.
Suarez explained he was grateful to all all those who made 2023 probable.
“I’m grateful to our police and regulation enforcement, who put their life at hazard each individual solitary day, so that we can be secure. I am grateful to our group companions, pastors, academics, and leaders who assisted construct our ecosystem of community safety,” he stated.
The mayor said the reductions in murders were being element of a larger sized reduction in violent crimes.
“General, year to year, 12 months to day, from last 12 months, we noticed a 34 per cent lower in non-lethal shootings, what they simply call speak to shootings from 151 to 100. We observed a equivalent fall in non-call shootings from 379 to 255. We also observed a 10 per cent reduction in robberies from 613 to 551. And this is all due in massive portion to the hard work and the sacrifice of the adult males and women of our police division,” claimed Suarez.
Suarez reported the town is dedicated to funding and supporting the police department and investing in modern criminal offense-fighting systems.
“In 2024, we are positioned to ideally seek the services of additional officers. In fact, there was just a course of cadets that I noticed in the hallways I was sharing with them the news that we ended up sharing with the community nowadays. We stand with our law enforcement officers who have stood by our communities,” he said.
Suarez went on the thank Miami Law enforcement Chief Manny Morales and his officers for their perseverance and assistance to the city.
