Homicides drop in Baton Rouge in 2016 to lowest level in decade

Imagine if all the dead rose up all at once.

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There seems to be hysteria here that Baton Rouge is falling apart at the seams.

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Well it absolutely is. And it's not because of the homicide rate.

Great timing.

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You're 3 months late.

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Some of you people just cannot deal with reality.

I hadn't thought of that but it appears the murder rate dropped in other months too:

"There were 84 murders in 2012, 66 in 2013 and 63 in 2014. There was an uptick in 2015 to 77. Moore attributes that to a high number of double and triple homicides during that year.

Moore said overall, BRAVE, coupled with the new Crime Strategy Unit, has helped cut back on the killings.

"I think we're benefiting by working smarter, working harder and working collaboratively together," Moore explained.

Moore discredits the idea that the historic storm of August played a role in reducing numbers this past year.

"We see beginning of January of last year all the way through July, things were on the decline. So, it really had nothing to do with the flood," Moore added."

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Kip will be sorely missed

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There seems to be hysteria here that Baton Rouge is falling apart at the seams.

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keep choppin man, Baton Rouge is a dump

Gravy Chambers putting in work.