On 8/15/2020 11:10 AM, kelown wrote:

Here in the city of Wilmington, DE a few years ago when they needed a
new police chief they hired someone from Chicago.Â* Murder rate was bad
in Wilmington and new chief has brought it up to the level they have
in Chicago.

Can you elaborate? The only Wilmington, DE police chief with a Chicago
connection I found is Robert J. Tracy. But he's the current police chief
and was appointed in April 2017.

The only crime performance article I could find on him is dated February
13, 2018. But that article contradicts your assessment.

"Crime Report Comparison Shows Wilmingtons Murder Rate Down By 67%"
http://firststateupdate.com/2018/02/...te-down-by-67/


The 2019 stats show the Wilmington, DE overall crime rate was down by 3%
from 2018.
https://www.wilmingtonde.gov/Home/Co...71/225?npage=8

Considerable static in the curve but you can see the definate upward trend:

https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/u...ate-statistics

Here is last years:

"In 2019 a total of 112 people were shot on Wilmington's streets, and 24
killed, including a suspect slain by police. In 2018, 79 people were
shot, and that figure represented a nearly 60% decrease from the
bloodshed of 2017, when there were 197 shooting victims and 34 killed."