Question of the month

The Dallas Morning News recently released an interactive mapshowing pockets of the city where people are most likely to be a victim of a crime. Preston Hollow is the only neighborhood without any high-crime areas. According to the map, it’s clean as a whistle. Why is that?

The two primary hot spots for the North Central Division [both north of LBJ] have a significant number of aging apartment complexes. This heavy concentration of people and vehicles provides opportunities for criminals to commit offenses. The North Central Division utilizes a variety of equipment such the sky tower and bait vehicles to combat these problems. Most of the [Preston Hollow] area is singlefamily housing. Additionally, many homeowners are able to afford to invest in personal safety equipment. Officers are also assigned to patrol the area to prevent crime problems and work with the neighborhoods to form and maintain crime watch and Volunteers In Patrol groups.

—Jesse Reyes, North Central Division Police Chief

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